ScreenREC

A modern, privacy-first web screen recorder. No ads, no time limits, no data collection.

The project was initially developed by Sagnik Sahoo during the COVID-19 era to record online classes. Later, it was made open-source.

V1 (Legacy): Built with Pug, Parcel, and SASS — a simple single-page recorder. Try V1 →

V2 (Current): Complete rewrite using Next.js, React, and TypeScript with camera overlay, multiple export formats, and keyboard shortcuts.

• Screen Recording — Capture screen, window, or browser tab
• Camera Overlay — Picture-in-picture webcam with draggable positioning
• Microphone Audio — Record system audio and microphone
• Multiple Layouts — PiP and circle camera overlay modes
• Export Formats — WebM (native) and MP4 (server-converted)
• Keyboard Shortcuts — Ctrl+P (pause), Ctrl+M (mic), Ctrl+C (camera), Ctrl+S (screen)
• No Time Limits — Record as long as you need
• Privacy First — All processing happens locally

• Node.js 18+
• pnpm 9+

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/heysagnik/screenREC.git
cd screenREC

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Start development servers
pnpm dev

screenREC/
├── apps/
│   ├── web/          # Next.js frontend
│   └── api/          # Express.js backend (MP4 conversion)
├── packages/
│   └── shared/       # Shared utilities
└── turbo.json        # Turborepo config

Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

MIT — see LICENSE.md

Maintained by Sagnik Sahoo