LoomAbout Cap
Cap is built on Rust and Tauri rather than Electron, which shows up immediately in how light and fast the app feels compared to most screen recorders. Record a quick video, get an instant shareable link — the core Loom workflow, without a subscription gate.
Because it's self-hostable and licensed AGPL-3.0, teams that want to keep recorded videos off third-party storage can run Cap entirely on their own infrastructure.
What makes it different
Built with Rust and Tauri instead of Electron, so recording stays lightweight and fast.
Every recording generates a link you can share immediately, the same as Loom.
Store recordings on your own infrastructure instead of a third-party host.
A focused trimming and editing flow without unnecessary complexity.
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TauriThe honest read
- Genuinely fast native app (Rust/Tauri, not Electron)
- Free and open source under AGPL-3.0
- Self-hostable so you own your video storage
- Clean, modern recording and editing UI
- Instant shareable links like Loom
- Younger project with a smaller feature set than Loom (no advanced analytics yet)
- Self-hosted storage setup takes some technical comfort
- Mobile recording isn't available yet
- Smaller library of integrations (Slack, Notion, etc.)
Quick answers
Yes — Cap is free and open source under AGPL-3.0. A hosted plan is also available if you don't want to self-host.
Yes — Cap is built to be self-hostable so recordings can stay on your own infrastructure.
Cap is free, open source and self-hostable, with a genuinely native (Rust/Tauri) app, while Loom is a closed-source, subscription-based cloud product.
Yes — every recording generates an instant shareable link, the same core workflow as Loom.
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