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Record your screen on Windows. The whole screen, one window, or an area you draw, with or without your microphone. Every take is saved as an MP4 you can share right away.
The recorder bar
The bar stays above your other windows, so you can set up, record, pause, and stop without going back to the app.
Pick a start delay, frame rate, what to record, and whether your microphone is on.
Drag a box to record only part of the screen. The bar shows its size so you know what you are getting.
The bar shrinks to a clock, Pause, and Stop. Press Ctrl Shift Alt S to stop from anywhere.
Use cases
Pick a job to see the settings that fit it and how a take goes from start to file.
A video of the bug happening beats three paragraphs of steps. Record only the app that misbehaves and narrate what you expected to see.
Settings
Show a coworker or customer how to finish a task. Draw an area around the part of the screen that matters so the video stays readable on a phone.
Settings
Walk a reviewer through a pull request before they read it. Recording at 1440p keeps small editor text sharp.
Settings
Point at the exact spacing, animation, or copy you mean. 60 fps keeps hover states and transitions smooth.
Settings
Share what you shipped this week in a two minute video instead of booking a call. People watch it when they have time.
Settings
Videos\Simple recorder and post it.Record an installer, a long build, or a test run while you step away. Auto stop ends the take and saves it, so the file is waiting when you get back.
Settings
Features
No account, no watermark, and no time limit. Your recordings stay on your computer.
Videos\Simple recorder.
When a new release is out, the Updates box in the bottom left of the app says New update detected. Click Download and the app restarts on the new version.
How to install
Four steps. No admin rights, no account, nothing to configure.
Click Download for Windows. Your browser saves SimpleRecorder-Setup.exe. When it finishes, click Open file, or open it from your Downloads folder.
Windows may show Windows protected your PC, because the app is not signed by a known publisher. Click More info, then Run anyway.
The setup installs Simple Recorder to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Simple Recorder, adds it to the Start Menu and your desktop, and opens it. Close Simple Recorder first if it is already running.
Choose your settings in the studio and click Start Recorder Bar. From now on, open Simple Recorder from the Start Menu or the desktop shortcut. You can delete the setup file.
Get Simple Recorder
Get the newest installer from this site, then follow the install steps above.
Downloads the newest SimpleRecorder-Setup.exe straight from this site.
Checking the latest release...
Always the newest build. Older versions and release notes are on the Releases page.
Published as a GitHub Release on every update.
Clone the repo and run it with Node.js. A copy run from source never updates itself.
git clone https://github.com/Josephivgi/simple-recorder.git
cd simple-recorder
npm install
npm start
Your files
| What | Folder |
|---|---|
| Recordings, one folder per day | Videos\Simple recorder |
| The app | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Simple Recorder |
| Settings and logs | %APPDATA%\Simple Recorder |
Open Settings > Apps, find Simple Recorder, and choose Uninstall. Your recordings in Videos\Simple recorder are kept.
Windows 10 or Windows 11, 64 bit. A microphone is optional.
Simple Recorder is developed on GitHub. Every push to main builds and publishes a new release.