About Screenity
Screenity is the one to pick if you want to record your screen without handing your video to a company. It is a free, open-source recorder built by a solo developer, Alyssa X. You can record a tab, an area, your desktop or your camera, add a microphone or internal audio, and draw on the screen as you go. Its core works without an account, and the listing says there are no recording limits.
After recording, a built-in editor lets you cut, trim, crop and add or remove audio, then export MP4, GIF or WebM or save to Google Drive. It can blur sensitive content and highlight clicks. The code is on GitHub under GPL-3.0, with a release in late October 2026, and the Chrome version runs on Manifest V3.
Keep the limits in mind. We could only confirm a Chrome listing, and its rating is modest. The Chrome store version also contains code that connects to the optional Pro platform, which adds cloud storage and sharing, while a self-hosted build runs local-only, per the README. The listing discloses it handles personal and authentication information, and it asks for access to all sites. For a free, private recorder, this is our pick.
Pros and cons
- Open source (GPL-3.0), and the core is free
- No sign-in needed, with no recording limits per its listing
- Annotate while recording, blur content, trim and export MP4, GIF or WebM
- Actively maintained: version 4.7.2 shipped in October 2026
- Chrome Web Store only: no Firefox or Safari version
- Chrome rating is a modest 3.7 from about 770 ratings
- Cloud sharing needs the paid Pro plan, or Google Drive
Permissions
It asks for tab and screen capture, downloads, storage and access to all websites, so it can record and draw on pages, plus an identity permission for sign-in. Desktop capture, offscreen and clipboard access are optional.
