Pick Screenix for Chrome if
- You want auto zoom and a smooth cursor without installing a desktop app
- You'd rather keep recordings on your computer than upload them
- You need 120 fps exports or Instant mode's rendered MP4
A Cap alternative that polishes inside Chrome.
Cap is an open-source desktop recorder with a Chrome extension for quick shareable links. Screenix for Chrome keeps the polish in the browser: auto zoom, a smooth cursor, an editor and 4K exports, all without installing a desktop app.
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The short answer
Cap's extension shares. Screenix's extension edits.
Updated October 2026
- Cap's Chrome extension records a tab, window, screen or camera and uploads it for a share link (Cap's Instant mode).
- Cap's auto zoom, cursor effects and local Studio mode live in its desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux.
- Screenix does auto zoom, cursor smoothing, editing and 4K/120 fps export inside the Chrome extension, and keeps recordings local.
- Cap's desktop license is $29 a year or $58 once; Cap Pro is $12 a month. Screenix is $19 once per browser.
Side by side
Screenix for Chrome vs Cap's Chrome extension
| Feature | Screenix for Chrome | Cap (Chrome extension) |
|---|---|---|
| What it records | Chrome tabs, following tab switches | Tab, window, screen or camera |
| Auto zoom in the extension | Desktop app only | |
| Smooth cursor in the extension | Desktop app only | |
| Editor in the extension | Desktop app only | |
| Recordings stored | Locally, in your browser | Uploaded to Cap |
| Share links | Yearly or team plan | Yes, 5 min on free |
| Max export | 4K, up to 120 fps | 4K60 (desktop Studio mode) |
| Open source | AGPL-3.0 | |
| Price | Free, or $19 once | Free personal use; $58 once or $12/month |
Cap details from cap.so, its pricing page and extension changelog, checked October 2026.
Which one fits
Which one fits
Pick Cap if
- You want open-source software you can self-host
- You need to record desktop apps with the Cap desktop app
- You mostly send quick hosted links with comments and AI summaries
Same names, different meaning
Instant and Studio mean different things
Both products use the words Instant and Studio. In Cap, Instant mode uploads while you record and gives you a link, and Studio mode is local recording in the desktop app.
In Screenix for Chrome, Instant mode renders the finished, polished video locally while you record, zooms and cursor included. Studio mode opens the recording in the editor inside the extension. Neither needs an upload.
Scope
Browser only, by design
Screenix records the tab in front of you and follows you to other tabs in the same window. If you need full-screen recording, Cap's desktop app covers Mac, Windows and Linux, and the Screenix desktop app covers Linux.
What you get
Every detail of a good demo,
handled for you.
Auto zoom
Zooms that follow your clicks
Screenix zooms in on every click and pans with the cursor, so viewers see what you did without squinting. Keep the automatic zooms or move, resize and add your own on the timeline.
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The cursor, rebuilt
A cursor that looks animated by hand
Screenix records the page without your system cursor, then draws a crisp macOS-style one in its place, with spring smoothing, click bumps, motion blur and a soft fade when you stop moving. Seven cursor themes, all adjustable.
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Switch tabs and the recording comes with you
Open a link, jump to another tab or reload the page. Screenix keeps recording whichever tab is in front in the same window, so a whole flow fits in one take.
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Send a link instead of a file
With a Screenix yearly or team plan, upload from the editor and copy the link. Viewers watch in any browser and can leave timestamped comments. Without one, export MP4 or WebM up to 4K, free.
Add to ChromeKnow before you install
Tabs only,
and it follows you between them.
Screenix for Chrome records the tab in front of you, so it can draw a perfect cursor over pure page pixels.
Records browser tabs
Screenix captures the page in the tab you're on, at full quality, without your system cursor.
Follows you between tabs
Switch tabs, open links or reload in the same window and the recording keeps going in one take.
Tab audio from the first tab
Your mic and camera record throughout. Page sound comes from the tab you started on.
Not your whole screen
It doesn't capture your desktop, other apps or other windows. On Linux, the Screenix desktop app does.
FAQ
You have questions.
We have answers.
Cap's changelog for the extension lists tab, window, screen and camera recording with uploads. Auto zoom and cursor effects are features of Cap's desktop app.
No. Screenix for Chrome is closed source, with a free version and a one-time license.
No. Screenix for Chrome records browser tabs only, and follows tab switches in the same window.
No. Recordings stay in your browser unless you create a share link, which needs a Screenix yearly or team plan.
Polish in the browser. Keep it local.
Auto zoom, a smooth cursor and a full editor, all inside a Chrome extension.
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