# 027xiguapi/pear-rec

pear-rec is a free and open-source cross platform software for recording, recording, and taking screenshots

Repository: https://github.com/027xiguapi/pear-rec
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pear-rec
Homepage: https://027xiguapi.github.io/pear-rec/
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: react, electron, nodejs, vite, webrtc, webcodecs, nestjs, typescript
Last push: 2025-04-11T01:47:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 27/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 15, release rhythm 8, longevity 85
- inputs: {"age_days": 1197, "days_push": 510, "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 1440, forks 135 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:44.211378+00:00)

## What it is
pear-rec is a free, open-source, cross-platform desktop application for taking screenshots and recording screen video, webcam video, and audio. Built with Electron, React, Vite, and WebCodecs/WebRTC, it bundles capture, annotation, GIF creation, and image/video viewing in a single app and also ships a web version.

## Use cases
- take annotated screenshots with shapes, brushes and a color picker
- record my screen as a video
- record audio from my microphone
- capture screen activity as an animated GIF
- record screen and camera footage on Windows, macOS and Linux
- view images and videos in a lightweight built-in player
- free open-source alternative to Snagit or ScreenToGif

## When to choose
- You want screenshots, screen recording, audio recording, and media playback combined in one cross-platform desktop app
- You need annotation tools (freehand brush, geometric shapes, magnifier, color picker) during screenshot capture
- You want to record screen activity as MP4 or GIF using open-source software

## When to avoid
- You need professional video editing or post-production beyond basic capture and playback
- You need headless or server-side screen capture automation without a GUI
- You need native mobile (iOS/Android) capture support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: image-processing, video-processing, audio-processing, gui
- domain: media, desktop-applications, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform, browser
- tags: screenshot-tool, screen-recorder, screen-capture, audio-recorder, gif-maker, annotation, image-viewer, video-player, webcodecs, webrtc, electron, desktop, nodejs

## Member repositories
- 027xiguapi/pear-rec (main) score 27

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.211378+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 2026-08-30T04:36:30.086157+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/027xiguapi/pear-rec (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.211378+00:00, sha 8b06b0ff17a1)
  - homepage: https://027xiguapi.github.io/pear-rec/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:47:04.048281+00:00, sha 6c970016d604)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.