# siddharthvaddem/openscreen

Create stunning demos for free. Open-source, no subscriptions, no watermarks, and free for commercial use. An alternative to Screen Studio.

Repository: https://github.com/siddharthvaddem/openscreen
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/openscreen
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: electron, pixijs, screen-recorder, open-source, screen-capture
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-06-17T02:34:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 87, release rhythm 87, longevity 23
- inputs: {"age_days": 327, "days_push": 78, "days_rel": 88, "gap_med": 12.0, "n_releases_24m": 13}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 39903, forks 3052 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:08.039832+00:00)

## What it is
OpenScreen is a free, open-source desktop screen recording app that produces polished product demos with auto-zoom, cursor effects, webcam overlays, and annotations, positioned as an alternative to Screen Studio. It is built with Electron and TypeScript, exports to MP4 or GIF, and is free for personal and commercial use.

## Use cases
- record polished product demos for free
- screen studio alternative without subscription
- record screen with auto zoom following cursor
- record screen with webcam overlay and mic audio
- create demo videos with no watermark
- export screen recordings as mp4 or gif
- add automatic offline captions to screen recordings
- annotate and trim screen recordings on a timeline

## When to choose
- you want a free, no-watermark Screen Studio alternative for demo videos
- you need auto-zoom, cursor smoothing, and webcam picture-in-picture in one recorder
- you want on-device caption generation that works offline
- you need MP4 and GIF export with multiple aspect ratios

## When to avoid
- you need production-grade stability, since the project is archived and buggy
- you want every Screen Studio feature or a 1:1 clone
- you need long-term maintenance or official support
- you should use the community fork instead for continued development

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, image-processing, gui
- domain: media, desktop-applications, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: screen-recorder, screen-studio-alternative, demo-recording, video-editor, webcam-overlay, auto-zoom, captions, gif-export, pixijs, macos, electron, desktop

## Member repositories
- siddharthvaddem/openscreen (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:08.039832+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 2026-08-29T16:24:06.007798+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/siddharthvaddem/openscreen (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:08.039832+00:00, sha 79dd28cc0db1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.