Reframed

Open-source macOS screen recorder and capture editor. A free alternative to Screen Studio - capture your screen, windows, or iOS devices with a webcam overlay, then edit on a timeline with auto-captions and smooth cursor zooms.

The idea

Screen recorders give you a raw .mp4. Getting cursor-tracking zoom effects, auto-captions, or webcam overlays on top of that usually means paying for a proprietary app. Reframed is the open-source alternative - record, edit and export in one app.

Core features

• Capture and edit in one place. Record your screen, window, or region, then go straight into the built-in editor. No round-tripping through other tools.
• Zoom and pan that follow your cursor. Auto-zoom detects where you click and generates keyframes. You can also place them manually or lock the viewport to your cursor.
• Noise reduction built in. Microphone audio runs through RNNoise, so you don't need a separate audio chain to clean up background noise.
• Webcam overlay and fullscreen sections. Drop your camera feed in as a PiP or switch to fullscreen webcam for specific segments on the timeline.
• Export exactly what you need. Pick your codec, resolution, and FPS. Platform presets handle the rest for YouTube, Twitter/X, TikTok, and others.

Install

Via homebrew (recommended):

brew install --cask jkuri/reframed/reframed

Or grab the .dmg from Releases.

Features

Recording

• Four capture modes: entire screen, single window, custom region, or iOS device via USB. Multi-display support included.
• System audio and microphone capture with real-time level indicators
• Webcam overlay (Picture-in-Picture) that can be hidden while recording
• 120 Hz cursor tracking records position and click data independently from video frame rate
• .frm project bundles preserve all source recordings and editor state for re-editing

Video editor

• Timeline trimming with independent trim ranges for video, system audio, and microphone
• Audio region editing with per-track volume and mute controls
• Noise reduction powered by RNNoise at adjustable intensity
• Background styles: solid color, gradient presets, or custom image (multiple fill modes)
• Canvas aspect ratios (original, 16:9, 1:1, 4:3, 9:16) plus adjustable padding and corner radius
• Webcam PiP with draggable positioning, corner presets, size/radius/border/shadow/mirror
• Webcam background replacement via person segmentation (blur, solid color, gradient, or custom image)
• Camera regions set webcam visibility per-segment on the timeline (fullscreen, hidden, or custom position) with entry/exit transitions
• Video regions for cutting segments from the timeline
• Undo/redo history and fullscreen preview with scrub

Cursor

• Custom cursor styles with SVG-based designs, adjustable primary and outline colors
• Click highlights and click sounds (30 built-in samples across five categories)
• Cursor effects: click bounce, directional sway, and motion blur with adjustable intensity
• Movement smoothing using spring physics-based interpolation and speed presets
• Spotlight effect dims everything outside a radius around the cursor. Timeline regions control when it's active.

Zoom & pan

• Manual keyframes on the timeline to set zoom level and center point, eased with Hermite interpolation
• Auto-zoom detects cursor click clusters and generates keyframes from dwell time
• Cursor-follow mode keeps the viewport locked to cursor position in real time

Captions

• On-device speech-to-text using WhisperKit (Apple Silicon) with four model sizes downloaded on first use
• Word-level timestamps with automatic short-segment merging from microphone or system audio
• Language selection with auto-detect option
• Caption styling: font size, weight, position, text/background colors, opacity, words per line
• Export as burned-in captions or SRT/VTT sidecar files

Export

• MP4, MOV, or GIF with H.264, H.265, ProRes 422, and ProRes 4444 codecs
• Platform presets for YouTube, Twitter/X, TikTok, Instagram, Discord, ProRes, and GIF
• GIF export powered by gifski with quality presets
• Configurable FPS and resolution (Original, 4K, 1080p, 720p)
• Parallel multi-core rendering for faster exports with progress bar and ETA

Requirements

• macOS 15.0 or later
• Screen Recording permission
• Accessibility permission (for cursor and keystroke capture)
• Microphone permission (optional, for mic capture)
• Camera permission (optional, for webcam overlay)

License

MIT