# MathewSachin/Captura

Capture Screen, Audio, Cursor, Mouse Clicks and Keystrokes

Repository: https://github.com/MathewSachin/Captura
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/captura
Homepage: https://mathewsachin.github.io/Captura/
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: capture, screenshot, screencast, record, screen-capture, screen-recorder, region-capture, gif, keystrokes, recording, webcam, wpf, windows, dotnet, chocolatey
Last push: 2026-05-25T05:07:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 61/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 84, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4022, "days_push": 100, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10808, forks 1976 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:44.370542+00:00)

## What it is
Captura is a free, open-source Windows screen capture application that records screencasts (Avi/Gif/Mp4), takes screenshots, and can overlay webcam, audio, cursor, mouse clicks, and keystrokes. It offers region/screen/window capture, configurable hotkeys, and a beta command-line interface.

## Use cases
- record my screen as a gif or mp4 on windows
- take screenshots of a specific region or window
- record screen with webcam overlay and microphone audio
- capture mouse clicks and keystrokes in a tutorial video
- record screen from the command line
- free lightweight screen recorder for windows

## When to choose
- you need a free, portable Windows screen recorder with region/window capture
- you want keystroke and mouse-click visualization in recordings
- you need GIF export or webcam/audio mixing in a lightweight tool

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software with ongoing bug fixes
- you need cross-platform support for macOS or Linux
- you want a browser-based recorder without installation

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, image-processing
- domain: media, windows, developer-tools
- platform: windows, dotnet, cli
- tags: screen-recorder, screenshot, screencast, gif-recording, webcam-capture, keystroke-overlay, wpf, ffmpeg

## Member repositories
- MathewSachin/Captura (main) score 61

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:44.370542+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:17:39.363538+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/MathewSachin/Captura (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:44.370542+00:00, sha 5ef1ee5b011a)
  - homepage: https://mathewsachin.github.io/Captura/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:16:35.765678+00:00, sha 13d04ca15538)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.