About Recapp
Recapp, shown on its site as Rec, is a hosted screen recording tool built around AI coding agents. You connect an agent through a hosted MCP server and ask it to record a demo of what you just built. The agent steps through the feature in a live browser session, Rec captures the video and turns the agent's notes into narration, and you review it and send it to a Slack channel.
Recordings include transcripts, summaries and chapters, and the MCP server lets an assistant search recordings and read transcripts from the workspace. It works with apps behind a login through a browser window you control. Workflows include recording a bug with a ticket and sharing a competitor's flow. People can also record their own screen, camera and microphone in Chrome into the same library. It is free to start with no watermarks and no per-seat fees.
Key features
- Agent-recorded browser demos through MCP
- Narration generated from the agent's notes
- Transcripts, summaries and chapters
- Sharing to Slack
- Chrome recorder for screen, camera and mic
- MCP search over recordings
Good fit for
- Engineers sharing demos of shipped features with remote teams
- Attaching a recorded bug walkthrough to a ticket
Recapp: questions and answers
- What is Recapp used for?
- Recapp, shown on its site as Rec, lets an AI coding agent record a demo of a feature in a real browser and share it in Slack, with transcripts and summaries. It is a good fit for engineers sharing demos of shipped features with remote teams and attaching a recorded bug walkthrough to a ticket.
- Is Recapp free?
- Yes. Recapp has a free plan. Recording is free with 30 credits a month and no per-seat charge. Paid monthly budgets are $10, $20 or $50, priced at $0.02 per credit for views and AI processing.
- Is Recapp open source?
- No. Recapp is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Productivity category, open-source options include Dark Reader, Vimium and Macro.
- What are some alternatives to Recapp?
- Recapp competes with Loom, Tella and Vidyard.
Open-source alternatives to Recapp
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SaaS alternatives to Recapp
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Loom is a screen and camera recording tool for sharing asynchronous video messages, with editing, comments, transcripts and AI features.
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Tella
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Screen and camera recorder with editing for demos and tutorials
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Vidyard
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Zight
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Screencastify
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