Framecast - Screen Recorder

Framecast records your screen the way you actually need it — the whole screen, a single monitor, an application window, a browser tab, or just a rectangle you draw yourself. No sign-up, no upload, no watermark. Every frame is captured, composited and encoded on your own device. Highlights • Four capture modes — entire screen, a specific monitor, an application window, or a Chrome tab, chosen through Chrome's native picker • Region recording — after picking a source, draw a rectangle (like Shift+Win+S) on a frozen snapshot; Framecast records exactly that area, cropped pixel-for-pixel • Camera overlay — drop your webcam into any corner as a circle or rounded square, in three sizes • Microphone + system audio — capture your voice, the computer/tab audio, or both mixed together • Five output formats — WebM (VP9), WebM (VP8), WebM (H.264), MP4, and animated GIF • Built-in GIF encoder — a self-contained GIF89a encoder (median-cut color quantization + LZW), no external libraries, no servers • Built-in trimming — after recording, drag two handles on a timeline to keep only the part you want; trim a brand-new clip from the preview screen or any older recording from the library, with audio preserved • Quality & frame rate control — Auto, 480p, 720p, 1080p, 1440p or 4K, at 24, 30 or 60 fps • 3-2-1 countdown — optional, full-screen, so you're never caught off guard • Compact recording bar — the window shrinks to a tiny timer + pause + stop bar while you record, staying out of your way • Pause & resume — capture a single recording across breaks • Keyboard shortcut — Alt+Shift+S stops recording from anywhere • Local recording library — every recording is kept on-device (IndexedDB) with a thumbnail; play, download or delete any time • Optional auto-save — archive finished recordings automatically • Modern dark interface — clean, calm, purpose-built How it works 1. Click the Framecast icon to open the recorder 2. Choose "Full Screen / Window" or "Region", then pick audio, camera, format and quality 3. Click "Start Recording" — Chrome's picker lets you choose the screen, window or tab 4. In Region mode, draw the rectangle you want to capture 5. A 3-2-1 countdown plays, then the window shrinks to a small control bar 6. Stop from the bar, with Alt+Shift+S, or via Chrome's own sharing bar 7. Preview your clip — trim it down to the part you want if you like, then download it (WebM / MP4 / GIF) or save it to the library Privacy Framecast is fully offline. It makes no network requests of any kind — no analytics, no accounts, no telemetry, no remote code. Recordings live in your browser's IndexedDB, settings in localStorage, and a single window id in chrome.storage.session — all device-local. Nothing ever leaves your computer. Free, forever.