# Screenity | Free And Privacy Friendly Screen Recorder With No Limits **URL:** \ **Category:** Tools & Scripts\ **Tags:** tools, privacy, freebies, video-editing, photo-editing\ **Created:** [January 23, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/screenity-free-and-privacy-friendly-screen-recorder-with-no-limits/299586 "2025-01-23T21:41:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/playboy83/32/164314_2.png) [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/screenity-free-and-privacy-friendly-screen-recorder-with-no-limits/299586/1 "2025-01-23T21:41:21Z")
# Screenity [![jiewjjc232](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/7581348/293068299-ed55e52e-4adf-442b-b774-6856abacdffb.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.1N4btHppLUzl38LmvHhI3npIK5hAV438zmF-35Sd8BQ)](https://screenity.io/) The free and privacy-friendly screen recorder with no limits 🎥 [Get it now - it’s free!](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/screenity-screen-recorder/kbbdabhdfibnancpjfhlkhafgdilcnji) Screenity is a powerful privacy-friendly screen recorder and annotation tool to make better videos for work, education, and more. You can create stunning product demos, tutorials, presentations, or share feedback with your team - all for free. > You can support this project (and many others) through [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/alyssaxuu)! ❤ Made by [Alyssa X](https://alyssax.com/) [![Screenity - The most powerful screen recorder for Chrome | Product Hunt](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5f2bac70cd185ba156961cff3f6b0a5fa563e29254cb1b088c436e2a44d4a761/68747470733a2f2f6170692e70726f6475637468756e742e636f6d2f776964676574732f656d6265642d696d6167652f76312f746f702d706f73742d62616467652e7376673f706f73745f69643d323735333038267468656d653d6c6967687426706572696f643d6461696c79)](https://www.producthunt.com/posts/screenity?utm_source=badge-top-post-badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_souce=badge-screenity) [![Featured on HackerNews](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/72129241a4976f6ec56f203aeb13461276f3eaea8ea271ece35779d17fd1d243/68747470733a2f2f6861636b657262616467652e6e6f772e73682f6170693f69643d323531353038303426747970653d6f72616e6765)](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25150804) > ❗ Screenity has been rebuilt from the ground up, and updated to MV3. [Click here](https://help.screenity.io/getting-started/77KizPC8MHVGfpKpqdux9D/what%E2%80%99s-changed-in-the-new-version-of-screenity/bDtvcwAtw9PPesQeNH4zjE) to here to learn more about why, and what’s changed in the new version. Also note that **the license has changed to [GPLv3](https://github.com/alyssaxuu/screenity/blob/master/LICENSE)**, but the older MV2 version remains MIT licensed. Make sure you read the license and the [Terms of Service](https://screenity.io/en/terms/) regarding intellectual property. ## Table of contents - [Features](https://github.com/alyssaxuu/screenity#features) - [Self-hosting Screenity](https://github.com/alyssaxuu/screenity#self-hosting-screenity) - [Creating a development version](https://github.com/alyssaxuu/screenity#creating-a-development-version) - [Enabling Save to Google Drive](https://github.com/alyssaxuu/screenity#enabling-save-to-google-drive) - [Acknowledgements](https://github.com/alyssaxuu/screenity#acknowledgements) ## Features 🎥 Make unlimited recordings of your tab, a specific area, desktop, any application, or camera 🎙 Record your microphone or internal audio, and use features like push to talk ✏ Annotate by drawing anywhere on the screen, adding text, arrows, shapes, and more ✨ Use AI-powered camera backgrounds or blur to enhance your recordings 🔎 Zoom in smoothly in your recordings to focus on specific areas 🪄 Blur out any sensitive content of any page to keep it private ✂ Remove or add audio, cut, trim, or crop your recordings with a comprehensive editor 👀 Highlight your clicks and cursor, and go in spotlight mode ⏱ Set up alarms to automatically stop your recording 💾 Export as mp4, gif, and webm, or save the video directly to Google Drive to share a link ⚙ Set a countdown, hide parts of the UI, or move it anywhere 🔒 Only you can see your videos, we don’t collect any of your data. You can even go offline! 💙 No limits, make as many videos as you want, for as long as you want …and much more - all for free & no sign in needed! ## Self-hosting Screenity You can run Screenity locally without having to install it from the Chrome Store. Here’s how: 1. Download the latest Build.zip from the [releases page](https://github.com/alyssaxuu/screenity/releases) 2. Load the extension by pasting `chrome://extensions/` in the address bar, and [enabling developer mode](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv2/faq/#:~:text=You%20can%20start%20by%20turning,a%20packaged%20extension%2C%20and%20more.). 3. Drag the folder that contains the code (make sure it’s a folder and not a ZIP file, so unzip first), or click on the “Load unpacked” button and locate the folder. 4. That’s it, you should now be able to use Screenity locally. [Follow these instructions](https://github.com/alyssaxuu/screenity#enabling-save-to-google-drive) to set up the Google Drive integration. ## Creating a development version > ❗ Note that the license has changed to [GPLv3](https://github.com/alyssaxuu/screenity/blob/master/LICENSE) for the current MV3 version (Screenity version 3.0.0 and higher). Make sure to read the license and the [Terms of Service](https://screenity.io/en/terms/) regarding intellectual property. 1. Check if your [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) version is \>= **14**. 2. Clone this repository. 3. Run `npm install` to install the dependencies. 4. Run `npm start`. 5. Load the extension by going to `chrome://extensions/` , and [enabling developer mode](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv2/faq/#:~:text=You%20can%20start%20by%20turning,a%20packaged%20extension%2C%20and%20more.). 6. Click on `Load unpacked extension`. 7. Select the `build` folder. ### Enabling Save to Google Drive To enable the Google Drive Upload (authorization consent screen) you must change the client\_id in the manifest.json file with your linked extension key. You can create it accessing [Google Cloud Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials) and selecting Create Credential \> OAuth Client ID \> Chrome App. To create a persistent extension key, you can follow the steps detailed [here](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/manifest/key). ## Libraries used - [FFmpeg WASM](https://ffmpegwasm.netlify.app/) for editing and encoding videos - [Tensorflow](https://github.com/tensorflow/tfjs) with the [Selfie Segmentation](https://blog.tensorflow.org/2022/01/body-segmentation.html) model - [Fabric.js](https://github.com/fabricjs/fabric.js) for drawing and annotating - [Radix Primitives](https://www.radix-ui.com/primitives) for the UI components - [react-color](https://uiwjs.github.io/react-color/) for the color wheel - [localForage](https://github.com/localForage/localForage) to help store videos offline with IndexedDB - [Wavesurfer.js](https://wavesurfer.xyz/) to create audio waveforms in the popup and the editor - [React Advanced Cropper](https://advanced-cropper.github.io/react-advanced-cropper/) for the cropping UI in the editor - [fix-webm-duration](https://github.com/yusitnikov/fix-webm-duration) to add missing metadata to WEBM files ## Acknowledgements - Thanks to [HelpKit](https://www.helpkit.so/) for sponsoring this project by hosting the [Screenity Help Center](https://help.screenity.io/). - Thanks to [Mei Xuan](https://www.behance.net/meixuanloo) for helping with the Chinese translation of the extension. If you need any help, or want to become a Screenity expert, you can browse articles and guides in the [help center](https://help.screenity.io/). You can also submit any feedback or ideas in this [form](https://tally.so/r/3ElpXq), or contact through [this page](https://help.screenity.io/contact) Feel free to reach out to me through email at [hi@alyssax.com](mailto:hi@alyssax.com) or [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/alyssaxuu) if you have any questions or feedback! Hope you find this useful 💜 ## GitHub: > **[GitHub - alyssaxuu/screenity: The free and privacy-friendly screen recorder with...](https://github.com/alyssaxuu/screenity)** > > The free and privacy-friendly screen recorder with no limits 🎥 ---
**Author:** ![Kapil\_Kalagi](https://onehack.st/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/ba9def/32.png) [@Kapil\_Kalagi](https://onehack.st/u/Kapil_Kalagi)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/screenity-free-and-privacy-friendly-screen-recorder-with-no-limits/299586/2 "2025-01-27T20:19:57Z")
very good share mate !!!