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Open Screen
★ 1.8kOpen-source screen recording and demo editor with zooms, captions, webcam overlay, and export — a maintained Screen Studio alternative for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Open Screen does the job of Screen Studio, self-hosted. It is MIT-licensed, so you can do essentially what you like with it, and it installs in about one command. Screen Studio bills $29 for it.
Open-source replacement for Screen Studio.
- Licence
- MIT
- Self-hosting
- Easy
- The paid one costs
- $29
- GitHub stars
- 1.8k
Is it actually a replacement?
We have written a verdict on what it replaces — what you lose, and why people still pay:
How Open Screen runs
Where it runs
Open Screen runs on your server.
What setup takes
not verified by us yet — check the repo README.
Open Screen questions
Is Open Screen open source?
Yes — it is released under MIT.
Can Open Screen replace Screen Studio?
Our verdict on Screen Studio is YES. OBS Studio (65k stars), Recordly (20k stars), Screenity (15k stars) are mature open-source replacements for Screen Studio — self-host in one command and stop paying.
Can I self-host Open Screen?
Yes — we rate it easy to self-host, and it runs on your server.