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The screen recorder for product demos and tutorials.
Record your screen, camera and voice, then polish it in the built-in editor: trim, zoom in, add captions and export. Free and open source for macOS.
Requires macOS 13.1 or laterAll releases
Features
Record it. Polish it. Export it.
Made for product demos, walkthroughs and tutorials, from the first take to the finished video, in one app on your Mac.
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Screen, window or area
Show exactly what matters: record the whole screen, a window or an area, together with your camera, microphone and system audio.
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Edit right away
The editor opens when you stop recording. Trim out the mistakes and zoom in on the details.
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Make it look polished
Give every demo a clean frame: style the background, padding, rounded corners and shadow.
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AI captions on your Mac
Caption your tutorials with Whisper, running right on your Mac.
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Noise reduction
Clean up your voiceover with DeepFilterNet noise reduction.
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MP4, GIF or clipboard
Export your demo to MP4 or GIF, or copy it straight to your clipboard.
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Built-in teleprompter
Follow your script on the built-in teleprompter while you walk through the product.
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Speaks your language
The interface follows your system language: English or Chinese.
Privacy
Stored on your Mac, and nowhere else.
Your recordings, projects and captions are stored only on your Mac.
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Free, no account
No sign-up and no subscription. Download Taple and start recording.
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Processed on your Mac
Captions and noise reduction run on your Mac. Screen, camera and microphone access is used only while you record.
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No analytics
Official builds don’t collect analytics or crash reports. Read the privacy policy.
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Open source
Licensed under the GNU AGPLv3, with the full source code on GitHub.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Anything else you want to know before you record your next demo or tutorial? Email hello@taple.app or open an issue on GitHub.
Is Taple free?
Yes. Taple is free to download and use, with no subscription.
Do I need an account?
No. Taple has no accounts. Download it, open it and start recording.
Where are my recordings stored?
Only on your Mac. Taple stores your recordings, projects and captions locally, and nowhere else.
Do captions need an internet connection?
Only the first time. Captions are generated on your Mac with Whisper. The first time you use them, Taple downloads the Whisper model from Hugging Face.
Which Macs are supported?
Any Mac running macOS 13.1 or later, with Apple silicon or an Intel processor. There’s a separate download for each.
Not sure which one you have? Open the Apple menu and choose About This Mac. A Mac with Apple silicon lists a “Chip”, an Intel Mac lists a “Processor”.
Is it open source?
Yes. Taple is open source under the GNU AGPLv3. The source code is on GitHub, where you can also report issues.
How do updates work?
Taple checks for updates by requesting the latest release information from GitHub. Every version is published on the releases page, and the download buttons on this site always point to the latest one.
Download Taple
Free for any Mac running macOS 13.1 or later.