CapSoftware / Cap

Cap The open source Loom alternative. Cap.so » Downloads for macOS & Windows Cap is the open source alternative to Loom. It's a video messaging tool that allows you to record, edit and share videos in seconds. Self Hosting Quick Start (One Command) Cap will be running at . That's it! > **Note:** Login links appear in the logs ( ) since email isn't configured by default. Other Deployment Options | Method | Best For | |--------|----------| | **Docker Compose** | VPS, home servers, any Docker host | | **Railway** | One-click managed hosting | | **Coolify** | Self-hosted PaaS (use ) | Production Configuration For production, create a file: See our self-hosting docs for full configuration options including email setup, AI features, and SSL. Cap Desktop can connect to your self-hosted instance via Settings → Cap Server URL. Monorepo App Architecture We use a combination of Rust, React (Next.js), TypeScript, Tauri, Drizzle (ORM), MySQL, TailwindCSS throughout this Turborepo powered monorepo. > A note about database: The codebase is currently designed to work with MySQL only. MariaDB or other compatible databases might partially work but are not officially supported. Apps: • : A Tauri (Rust) app, using SolidStart on the frontend. • : A Next.js web app. Packages: • : A React Shared component library. • : A React Shared utility library. • : Shared configurations used throughout the monorepo. • : A React and Drizzle ORM Shared database library. • : configurations (includes , other configs used throughout the monorepo). License: Portions of this software are licensed as follows: • All code residing in the and families of crates is licensed under the MIT License (see licenses/LICENSE-MIT). • All third party components are licensed under the original license provided by the owner of the applicable component • All other content not mentioned above is available under the AGPLv3 license as defined in LICENSE Contributing See CONTRIBUTING.md for more information. This guide is a work in progress, and is updated regularly as the app matures. Analytics (Tinybird) Cap uses Tinybird to ingest viewer telemetry for dashboards. The Tinybird admin token ( or ) must be available in your environment. Once the token is present you can: • Provision the required data sources and materialized views via . This command installs the Tinybird CLI (if needed), runs when a credential file is missing, copies that credential into , and finally executes from that directory. **It synchronizes the Tinybird workspace to the resources defined in , removing any other datasources/pipes in that workspace.** • Validate that the schema and materialized views match what the app expects via . Both commands target the workspace pointed to by (defaults to ). Make sure you are comfortable with the destructive nature of the deploy step before running .