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• 2.1.1Oct 17, 2026If OpenScreen saves you time, a star on the repo helps others find it.

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  • chore(release): release v2.0.0 into main
  • feat(website): bring the live demo into the homepage hero
  • docs(testing): log the v2.0.0-rc.15 computer-use e2e pass
  • docs: add missing third-party notices
  • fix(preview): hold the webcam's last frame when a clip is entered past its end
  • fix(record): keep the Camera row off when no camera can be opened
  • ci: start release notes at the previous stable tag, by SemVer
  • fix(editor): keep Edit clip's Apply in view, and its edit through a backdrop click
  • fix(timeline): copy anchored modifiers onto a duplicated clip
  • fix: close menus on Escape and on a click on the empty top bar
  • fix(transcript): make a skipped word's restore control reachable
  • fix(editor): keep the Edit clip menu above the timeline and stop tooltips sticking after a click
  • fix(export): let an MP4 export be cancelled mid-render
  • fix(audio): keep imported audio on its own clips through a clip reorder
  • fix(timeline): keep a dragged region whole when it repels
  • fix(hud): keep the HUD's size while it is dragged at fractional scaling
  • fix(preview): stop the native free-run at the end of the programme
  • fix(timeline): edit one region of a merged pill, not the whole pill
  • feat(mcp): checkpoints to revert a whole agent turn in one step
  • fix(transcript): refuse every native edit the block does not handle
  • fix(hud): keyboard navigation in the language menu
  • fix(timeline): fan speed and Full Camera regions out to both halves of an insertion
  • fix: close the chat panel's reasoning menu and model quick-pick on Escape
  • fix(record): never record a microphone the OS does not list
  • fix(mac): count the HUD timer from the helper's first frame
  • docs(stt): record why transcript cuts are not snapped to quiet points
  • feat(ai-edition): tell the agent and MCP clients where zoom transitions are
  • fix(windows): keep the screen video on the clock when the writer misses ticks
  • perf(gif): make GIF export ~30× faster with exact output
  • feat(timeline): show each zoom's move-in and move-out as trails on the zoom lane
  • fix(inspector): use the shared tooltip on every icon-only control
  • chore: bump nix package to v2.0.0
  • feat(timeline): show and report the pan between chained zooms
  • feat(transcription): per-project names and terms for Whisper
  • fix(preview): stop Chromium decoding soundless recordings in speed regions
  • ci(nix): build PRs that touch the PipeWire and whisper sources, and assert the libEGL rpath
  • feat(timeline): flag zoom moves lost to a clip junction
  • fix(camera): keep Full Camera full across a trim inside it
  • fix(linux): enumerate screens and windows in separate calls under X11
  • ci(release): refresh the Nix npm hash in the version-bump commit
  • fix(macos): keep a Record mode screen pick valid when the HUD returns
  • fix(agent): preserve recorded cursor visibility
  • fix(macos): say when a restart discarded the take and drop the empty file a failed start leaves
  • fix(i18n): polish Simplified Chinese tooltips
  • fix(linux): respect an explicit Ozone display backend
  • fix(stt): preserve media-clock audio offsets
  • feat(cursor): add Glass Lens, a glass cursor that refracts the picture in 2D and 3D
  • docs: record the shader and background-cache fixes on a Mac mini M1
  • fix(nix): use wrapped Electron in dev shell
  • test(compositor): share the D3D11 render-test harness
  • build: ship the third-party licence texts in the installers
  • fix(linux): retry PipeWire capture with shared memory
  • fix(cli): let the Linux portal select recording sources
  • feat(linux): add standard AppImage update metadata
  • feat(workbench): keep versioned measurements and offline replay
  • feat(ai): persist Agent chat sessions per project
  • fix(linux): remove libfuse2 dependency from AppImages
  • feat(recording): choose the recordings folder, refuse takes on a full disk
  • feat(cursor): play a click sound on every recorded click
  • feat(agent): cut words by transcript ID
  • fix(recording): say when a Restart lost the take on Windows and Linux too
  • fix(audio): align waveform and STT with every audio track on the media clock
  • test(compositor): measure the Glass Lens refraction as an edge shift
  • feat(mcp): let MCP clients read and edit every project, not only the open one
  • fix(macos): record without the microphone when macOS lists no audio input
  • test(compositor): fix two local-only D3D11 render tests
  • fix(editor): never save back a project's own file from the open dialog
  • fix(nix): ship every public asset, cursors included
  • feat(build): Windows on ARM as a build target
  • feat(edit-clip): scrub the clip to frame the crop
  • docs: recommend udev rule for Wayland mouse click capture
  • docs: recommend the udev rule wherever Wayland clicks are mentioned
  • docs: add a security policy and a code of conduct
  • docs: explain why a quit-on-close utility can quit OpenScreen on macOS
  • docs: add the Product Hunt launch badge to the README and the homepage
  • docs: document the Windows 10 workaround for an unclickable recording bar
  • fix: make the HUD clickable on Windows before 11 22H2
  • fix(website): let links to our own repo send the referrer
  • feat: let a coding agent make a demo video through OpenScreen's MCP tools
  • fix: agent tools that edit like the editor, one clock, and a format tool
  • feat: let the agent set a zoom's 3D camera
  • docs: a pull request video recipe in the openscreen-demo skill
  • docs: show the #5 Product of the Day rank on the site and in the README
  • docs: one line to set OpenScreen up for a coding agent
  • fix(website): point /discord at a permanent invite
  • docs: add first-time macOS setup to CONTRIBUTING
  • fix(windows): preserve non-integer resampling continuity across packets
  • fix(recording): pick a webcam mode by frame rate before size
  • fix(homebrew): use symbol format for macOS dependency in cask template
  • fix(linux): give up when no first frame follows the portal picker
  • docs(testing): e2e checklist for what landed since v2.0.0, and an unattended macOS run
  • fix(recording): let a webcam's MJPEG mode win when it is faster or sharper
  • fix(macos): resolve microphones Chromium labels with a transport suffix
  • fix(cursor): play click sounds for every clip of a recording
  • fix(windows): repeat the owed screen slots so a loaded writer catches up
  • fix(hud): place toasts above the bar and let their close button take the click
  • fix: fit the chat agent's text annotations to their words, and refit them on a format change
  • fix(audio): hold the export's true peak under -1 dBTP
  • docs(testing): log the macOS e2e pass on v2.1.0 build 38252812147
  • docs(testing): log the macOS re-run of the merged fixes on build 38309126813
  • fix(export): put the whole timeline on one frame grid
  • fix(recording): keep the Windows screen video on the audio's clock
  • fix(mcp): refuse stdio edits to a project open in the app's editor
  • fix(cli): give each CLI run its own Chromium session data
  • fix(mcp): say that minimized and hidden windows are not listed
  • docs(mcp): stop promising a zoom on each recorded click
  • fix(timeline): stop a region dragged into an identical one flush against it
  • fix(chat): format every message time where it is drawn
  • fix(editor): open the highlighted project on Enter in the Open project dialog
  • fix(hud): put the bar back where it was dropped once a popover closes
  • docs(testing): log the v2.1.0 Windows e2e pass on build run 38252812147
  • fix(website): Discord pill in the header, and editor captions that fit their translation
  • refactor(mcp): one source for MCP text, setPointerTrack through the runner
  • docs(testing): log the Windows re-run of the merged fixes on build run 38370716184
  • feat(mcp): forward openscreen mcp document calls to the running app
  • feat(mcp): serve the media tools from the in-app server
  • feat(agent): region tools set and read every zoom, annotation and audio setting
  • feat(mcp): setEditorSettings and the project's look in getCurrentDocument
  • feat(mcp): rename a project, import and remove its media, create one
  • feat(mcp): export with the Export dialog's options, record the webcam
  • feat(mcp): insert, duplicate and crop clips, re-run auto zooms
  • feat(mcp): captions, caption translation and transcription over MCP
  • docs: drop the split-and-insert dialog the editor never shows
  • fix(mcp): send no quality with a GIF export
  • fix(windows): keep the recording bar always on top after a popover or dialog closes
  • fix(export): make a GIF with looping off play only once
  • docs(testing): log the Windows MCP pass on main build run 38538195250
  • docs(testing): log the Windows MCP re-run on main build run 38564622152
  • fix(mcp): let startRecording see a native take start
  • docs(testing): log the Windows pass of the in-app MCP server
  • ci(website): deploy the site to Cloudflare Workers instead of GitHub Pages
  • docs(testing): log a headless Linux pass under WSL on build run 38564622152
  • docs(testing): log the macOS e2e pass on main build run 38581408372
  • fix(linux): ship the shared ffmpeg CLI so transcription works over MCP and the CLI
  • docs(testing): log the macOS retest of the in-app MCP recording on build run 38598557320
  • fix(mcp): let getFrames read a GIF export
  • fix(cli): open the app when macOS hands a launch to a running CLI process
  • fix(macos): record the whole system audio mix in a window take
  • fix(stt): drop the renderer audio-decode fallback and say ffmpeg is missing
  • test: wait for the held export to start instead of sleeping 20 ms
  • docs(testing): log the macOS retest of #1214, #1215 and #1216 on build run 38615516865
  • fix(mcp): record the window an in-app take names, even where Apple's picker owns sources
  • fix(cli): hide the Dock icon again after opening the GUI from a CLI run
  • fix(macos): log each step of Apple's picker flow and any lost process
  • docs(testing): log the macOS retest of #1232 and #1233 on build run 38627769728
  • feat: shader effects integration
  • docs(testing): log the macOS pass on release/v2.1.0 build 38370716184
  • fix(cli): give a CLI run no application menu
  • feat(website): cookieless PostHog analytics, download clicks and a Store campaign ID
  • feat: count active installs with one anonymous daily ping
  • fix(cli): set the empty menu before macOS launches the CLI run
  • docs(testing): log the Windows retest of v2.1.0 build run 38714540858
  • fix: fall back to a copy when a save's rename hits EXDEV
  • docs(testing): log the Windows pass of v2.1.0-rc.1
  • fix(mcp): read no click telemetry when getFrames renders from the main process
  • fix(ai): drop the rewound message from the agent's history
  • fix(ai): run a turn's tool calls one at a time so parallel writes all land
  • fix(annotations): refit frame text whenever the Auto frame changes shape
  • docs(testing): grant wgc-capture.exe so computer-use leaves the icon cover up
  • fix(recording): keep the countdown's last digit out of frame 0 on Linux
  • fix(hud): restore the Linux HUD from the tray and keep the vertical bar on screen on Wayland
  • fix(editor): let the editor un-maximize on Wayland and stop its bounds drifting
  • docs(capture-linux): document the window-take shadow border and cursor coverage
  • fix(capture-linux): cap the VAAPI QP so the first keyframe stays legible
  • fix(diagnostics): keep main-process logs and the Linux helper output in Save Diagnostics
  • fix(preview): no motion-blur trail into a cut inside Full Camera
  • docs(testing): log the Linux pass of v2.1.0-rc.1
  • docs(testing): log the macOS pass on v2.1.0-rc.1
  • fix(preview): cursor holds
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• 2.0.0Oct 3, 2026**⬇ Windows (Microsoft Store)** · **⬇ Windows (.exe)** · **⬇ macOS (Apple Silicon)** · **⬇ macOS (Intel)** · **⬇ Linux (AppImage)**

  **⬇ Windows (Microsoft Store)** · **⬇ Windows (.exe)** · **⬇ macOS (Apple Silicon)** · **⬇ macOS (Intel)** · **⬇ Linux (AppImage)**

  The Microsoft Store version is signed and updates through the Store. Also .deb, .rpm and .pacman. Homebrew, WinGet, Nix and the AUR follow automatically. Already on 1.x? The app offers the update on its own.

  OpenScreen 2.0 is built on one promise: your demo looks good without touching anything, and touching the settings can't make it ugly.

  We audited 1.x against that rule and it failed most of it: a cursor four times the size of the system arrow, a shadow nobody could see, a vertical export that filled a fifth of the frame. 2.0 fixes all of that, ships a new editor, and adds automatic zooms planned from your clicks. It is still free for everyone, personal and commercial, with nothing behind a paywall.

  The story of how it came together: Making of v2: a demo is never ugly.

  Record, stop, and it's already edited

  • Zooms planned from your clicks. Stop a take and the editor opens with zooms already placed on the moments you clicked, planned as shots rather than one zoom per click.
  • Record from the editor. A Record mode sits next to Edit, with auto-zoom after recording and *Hide desktop icons* one click away.
  • New projects start from your look. The wallpaper, padding, cursor and camera of your last project carry over.

  Good defaults, bounded settings

  • A cursor the size of a cursor, half its old default, and a shadow you can actually see.
  • Every value has a floor, a ceiling and a reset, whoever sets it: the panel, a preset, the AI agent or a hand-edited project file.
  • What you see is what you export. Text renders in the font you picked (five open-licensed families are embedded), and gradients use every colour stop.

  Auto format

  • The frame shapes itself around your composition, and Auto is the default for new projects.
  • A 16:9 take in a 9:16 export fills the frame with a window that follows your cursor, instead of a small strip in the middle.

  A new editor

  • One click per choice. Format, frame style, zoom level, 3D camera, cursor style and caption font are rows of buttons, not dropdowns.
  • A timeline you read by colour, with a navigator that shows what it navigates, a smoother waveform and a *Clear timeline* button.
  • Names instead of numbers. A shadow is None, Light, Medium or Strong.

  3D that looks intentional

  • 3D Orbit, a camera that moves with your zooms, follows the same focus mode as a flat zoom, and never rolls.
  • Five original cursor themes, each with a sculpted 3D version: Prism Glow (ray-traced as a glass crystal), Pop Coral, Pixel Candy, Studio Ink and Star Sprout.
  • Click impact as a cursor setting, for every camera.

  Camera

  • Captured at the camera's real resolution and frame rate.
  • Frame the webcam by dragging it, and zoom it from its corners.
  • Square by default (or *Original* to keep its proportions), a larger default size, and up to 60% of the frame.

  Sound that's ready to post

  • Voice normalised to -16 LUFS with a soft limiter instead of a hard clip.
  • Music beds start at -18 dB with one-second fades, and duck under your voice.

  Transcripts that line up

  • On-device transcription now skips silence first (Silero VAD) and re-times every word on the audio, so a cut made from the transcript lands where the word was spoken.

  Export

  • One settings panel with four destinations: Web / YouTube, Social, Studio and README GIF. Codec details live under *Advanced*.
  • The bitrate you pay for: 1.x exported at 8 Mb/s whatever the frame rate; 2.0 exports 1080p60 at 18.7 Mb/s. GIFs are dithered.

  macOS

  • Apple's system picker to choose what to record on macOS 15.2 and later.
  • System audio recorded from a Core Audio tap.
  • One permissions window on first run, and notifications kept out of your recordings.

  For automation

  • The AI agent's tools over a local MCP server, so your own agent can edit a project the way the built-in assistant does.
  • The CLI still records, edits and exports headlessly, with NDJSON output.
  • Your projects open as they are. New projects use the new defaults; existing ones keep their settings.
  • The 17 third-party cursor packs are gone, because their terms don't allow redistribution. The five original themes replace them.
  • Exports are always H.264. The codec picker is gone.
  • The .openscreen project format and the CLI can still change between releases.

  To everyone who reported a bug, tested a release candidate or sent a pull request: 2.0 is better because of you. If a default still makes your demo worse, that is exactly the bug this release is about. Tell us on Discord or in an issue.

  If OpenScreen saves you time, a star on the repo helps others find it.

  • fix(macos): decode 24-bit integer microphone audio
  • fix(macos): keep the Dock icon, Cmd+Tab and the menu bar
  • chore(release): release v1.12.1 into main
  • chore(release): release v1.12.2 into main
  • fix(macos): accept 8-bit integer PCM microphone input
  • chore: bump nix package to v1.12.2
  • chore: name @My-Denia code owner for Windows capture
  • fix(export): wait for GIF cancel to finish native cleanup
  • fix(capture-linux): latch capture-started so an early first frame is not lost
  • feat(auto-zoom): place suggestions on recorded clicks
  • feat(stt): add cross-platform Silero VAD pre-pass via whisper.cpp
  • perf(build): optimize package payload, deduplicate assets, and prune locales
  • feat(macos): first-run permissions window
  • fix(macos): stop HUD dialogs painting a grey rectangle over the desktop
  • feat(macos): pick sources in Apple's system picker on macOS 15.2+
  • fix(gif): accumulate fractional frame delays so GIF playback matches its fps
  • fix(shortcuts): show ⌘ for fixed undo/redo rows on macOS
  • docs(inspector): stop listing the retired frame-stepping hint as rewired
  • chore: normalize electron/native/README.md to LF
  • fix: attach file dialogs to their window so the export save panel cannot get lost
  • fix: headless export honors editor cursor tuning keys and cropRegion from v2 projects
  • fix(audio): allow imported audio tracks below -12 dB
  • docs: e2e results for v1.13.0-rc.4 (macOS)
  • docs: e2e results for v1.13.0-rc.6 (macOS)
  • chore(release): release v1.13.0 into main
  • chore: bump nix package to v1.13.0
  • ci(aur): verify sources the way a user's makepkg resolves them
  • fix: restore public/ copies of demo.gif and preview images for hotlinks
  • ci(winget): name the missing token scope before komac's CreateRef fails
  • feat(export): ask for a star once, after the first export
  • ci: put one star line at the head of stable release notes
  • ci: unpin the macOS compositor runner from macos-14
  • feat(website): offer a star once a download has started
  • fix(transcript): load projects whose transcript ends before it starts
  • fix(zoom): pace transitions by zoom level and keep them at screen speed
  • fix(windows): keep the render endpoint busy during mic-only recordings
  • feat(ui): soften the interface without changing its layout
  • feat(compositor): continuous corners on every rounded shape
  • fix(preview): no background fringe around the card's rounded corners
  • feat(format): add Auto, the default format that fits the composition
  • docs(roadmap): review the roadmap at v1.13.0
  • docs: AGENTS.md no longer describes Pixi.js as the renderer
  • feat(inspector): buttons for fixed choices, free rows, drag-to-frame webcam
  • feat(editor): a shorter top bar, and a first run that offers to record
  • feat(timeline): a softer clip card, a smooth waveform and a readable navigator
  • feat(editor): camera roundness slider and anchored positions
  • fix(website): lift the smooth waveform into the recreation data
  • feat(inspector): pick the zoom level from a row of buttons or a free field
  • feat(editor): inline background, grab handles and a wider inspector
  • fix(compositor): mask the screen with its slot in block layouts
  • feat(format): offer Auto only for a timeline of one composition
  • feat(cursor): option to always render the arrow cursor
  • feat(editor): new default wallpaper, first in the picker
  • fix(timeline): keep queued zoom levels through span and focus saves
  • fix: fill rounded background color swatch
  • fix(cli): carry the recording frame through v2 project exports
  • fix(compositor): let the screen's edges follow the motion blur
  • fix(cli): export projects saved by the editor
  • refactor(cursor): drop the always-true click effects gate
  • fix(ai-edition): let chat message text be selected and copied
  • fix(ai-edition): copy chat messages via main-process clipboard on Windows
  • ci(nix): retain Xvfb diagnostics for capture probes
  • perf(compositor): compile the Windows shaders at build time
  • fix(compositor): draw the webcam on Linux during a Full Camera hold
  • feat: a demo is never ugly (audit integration)
  • feat(cursor): raise the default cursor size
  • fix(editor): make the output format part of a style preset again
  • feat(export): one settings panel in the export dialog
  • fix(camera): shrink to 70% in a zoom, whatever its depth
  • fix: prevent duplicate frames at trimmed speed boundaries
  • feat(cursor): set the default cursor size at the marked position
  • fix: handle macOS capture permission failures
  • feat(recording): capture the webcam at its real resolution and frame rate
  • feat(export): always export H.264 and drop the codec picker
  • feat(cursor): remodel the 3D cursors after the new reference sheet
  • docs(testing): cover webcam capture quality in the manual e2e checklist
  • fix(editor): hide the cursor settings when a take has no cursor data
  • fix(compositor): copy the decoder surface before sampling it
  • fix(recording): remember the display picked in Apple's picker across a relaunch
  • feat(cursor): render Prism Glow as a glass crystal in 3D
  • feat(timeline): add a Clear timeline button
  • fix(capture): include menus and popups in Windows window recordings
  • fix(recording): keep the remembered display out of the Record-mode source row
  • fix(annotations): masks and their gimbals follow the footage, arrows get a tight gimbal
  • fix(editor): let the audio element free-run instead of re-seeking it every frame
  • feat(hud): rewrite the recording bar tooltips
  • feat(editor): drop the tooltips that repeat their label
  • feat(editor): rewrite the editor tooltips
  • fix(stt): keep transcript words on the audio's clock when the VAD cuts silence
  • feat: expose the AI agent's tools over a local MCP server
  • refactor(stt): drop the unreachable /vad endpoint and stt:vad IPC
  • fix(release): stage the whisper helper built from the release's own sources
  • fix(editor): keep the preview's boosted audio from clipping at the speakers
  • fix(macos): size the video bitrate from the actual capture, not the 4K ceiling
  • fix(linux): convert and tag the PipeWire helper's video as BT.709
  • fix(windows): stop the audio mixer from punching holes in a continuous voice
  • fix(macos): pin the keyframe interval to 1 s and count dropped video frames
  • perf(windows): raise the capture helpers' timer resolution and use MMCSS
  • fix: keep the display awake while a recording runs
  • fix(linux): keep the capture clock ticking while cursor messages flow
  • perf(windows): skip the webcam frame copy when its sequence has not changed
  • fix(windows): end the audio track where the video ends
  • fix(windows): encode H.264 High with the BT.709 colour the compositor expects
  • fix(stt): start each transcript word at the end of the token before it
  • fix(linux): write fragmented MP4 so a killed helper keeps its take
  • perf(windows): repeat the last frame instead of reading back an unchanged screen
  • fix(macos): capture and tag the screen track as BT.709 studio range
  • feat(stt): align words with character-level DTW
  • feat(stt): re-time whisper's words on a CTC forced aligner
  • fix(hud): keep the bar in place across a vertical↔horizontal flip
  • fix(release): read every helper build when staging, and say why one is rejected
  • docs(e2e): log the v2.0.0-rc.1 and rc.6 Windows passes
  • feat(camera): square camera by default, "Original" keeps the camera's own proportions
  • fix(stt): keep a sentence's last word in the stretch it closes
  • fix(main): quit when the hidden countdown overlay is the last window left
  • docs(testing): log the v2.0.0-rc.8 e2e pass and fix the export peak check
  • fix(preview): hand out no native view while the view for a new source is created
  • fix(editor): keep wordmark menu rows on one line in long locales
  • fix(macos): keep the HUD out of takes after the editor round trip
  • fix(timeline): show the bound shortcut in the empty-lane hints
  • fix(hud): keep camEnabled off when no camera can be opened
  • fix(stt): show a readable message when transcription cannot read the audio
  • perf(preview): stop decoding pictures the hidden media elements never show
  • perf(preview): hand composed frames to the canvas as shared GPU textures
  • fix(preview): stop re-seeking the native view at every cut and in speed regions
  • fix(preview): keep the right clip when scrubbing into the end of a clip
  • feat(website): demo loops on the homepage and feature pages, lazily loaded from R2
  • feat(website): track the demo loops, declare them as videos, keep them out of the page load
  • docs(readme): show the current editor in the demo GIF
  • fix(compositor): restore the export speed lost to the 3D models in the layer shader
  • perf(compositor): bring the background cache and the trail scissor to Windows and macOS
  • docs: record the Windows A/B of the layer-shader fix
  • docs(testing): log the v2.0.0-rc.13 computer-use e2e pass
  • feat: larger default camera, 60% cap, scissors on the trim tool
  • docs(testing): log the macOS RC e2e passes from v1.10.0-rc.3 to v2.0.0-rc.13
  • perf(preview): stop decoding the stand-in camera when a clip has none
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