Screen recorder
Record your screen, a window or a browser tab — with optional microphone narration, a floating always-on-top control panel, a 3·2·1 count-in and a live recording timer. Everything runs entirely in your browser with no upload, no account and no time limit.
Open Screen recorder →What is the Screen recorder?
A free, private screen recorder that runs entirely in your browser — no extension, no install, no upload. Record your whole screen, a single window or one browser tab, optionally adding microphone narration (and system audio where your browser offers it). Count in with a 3·2·1 lead-in, watch the elapsed time in an always-on-top floating control panel — so you can see how long you have been recording while you work in another window — pause and resume, preview the capture immediately, and download it as a video file. Everything is captured on your device with the browser's built-in APIs, so nothing ever leaves your machine.
How to use Screen recorder
- Set your options — Tick Include microphone narration to talk over the recording, keep the 3·2·1 count-in on for a moment to get ready, and leave Floating controls window on to get an always-on-top timer with pause and stop.
- Start and pick what to share — Click Start recording. Your browser shows a picker — choose the screen, window or tab to capture, and tick its share-audio option if you also want system sound.
- Watch the timer, pause or resume — After the count-in the timer runs while you capture. The floating panel keeps the time, pause and stop on top of every window; use Pause and Resume for breaks and the result is one continuous video.
- Stop and save — Click Stop (from the tool, the floating panel, or the browser's own bar). Preview the video below, then save it with the Download button in the toolbar at the top. Reset discards the take so you can start fresh.
Frequently asked questions
Can I highlight or spotlight my mouse cursor?
A browser can't add a glowing spotlight or animation to the pointer in a screen recording — it only receives the pixels of the shared screen and cannot tell where the operating-system cursor is within them, so it can't draw on it. That kind of cursor effect needs a desktop app or a browser extension. What this tool does do is force the plain mouse cursor into the capture so your pointer is always visible, and keep the recording time on screen in the floating panel.
What are the floating controls?
On Chromium browsers (Chrome, Edge) a small always-on-top window — using the Document Picture-in-Picture API — shows the live recording time with pause and stop buttons, so you can watch the timer and control the take while working in another window. Browsers without that API keep the same controls on the tool's own page instead.
Is the recording uploaded anywhere?
No. The capture is assembled in your browser's memory and saved straight to your device. There is no server involved.
Can I record system sound?
Where the browser supports it — Chrome and Edge offer a 'share audio' toggle in the picker when you select a tab (and on some systems, the entire screen). Firefox and Safari currently capture video only, plus your microphone if enabled.
What format is the file?
WebM in most browsers (VP8/VP9 video with Opus audio). If you need MP4, convert the download with the Convert video to MP4 tool — also right here in your browser.
Why did recording stop by itself?
Ending the share from the browser's own 'stop sharing' bar stops the recorder too — that's expected. The capture up to that point is kept and shown below.
Tips
- Turn on the floating controls to keep the recording time and a stop button on top of every other window while you work.
- Use the 3·2·1 count-in to switch to whatever you're capturing before it starts rolling.
- Record a single tab rather than the whole screen when you can — it keeps notifications and other windows out of the capture.
- Tab capture in Chrome and Edge also offers the most reliable system-audio option.
- Pause during quiet stretches instead of stopping — you avoid stitching files together afterwards.