> open-source Loom alternative ...ScummVM[1]? [1]: https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Loom
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Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
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Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
#32I'm curious about your plans around open-source, since you're using it as a selling point. There's been a lot of discussion about projects that start as open-source but then go to a more restrictive license once other companies start offering their own hosted versions. Is that a concern for you? Do you plan to include any/all of the "pro" features on the roadmap in the open-source code?
Note that they appear to have started with AGPL, which goes a long way towards preventing the kinds of uses that prominent license switches were designed to prevent.
Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
#33The landing page only really highlights the video recording aspect, it would be interesting to see imo how it replaces loom in what comes after the recording (even if it's still WIP).
Good point! Will work on this. After you stop recording you are instantly redirected to your shareable Cap.link. Working on some new points to the landing page now :)
I have no idea what loom is, so describing Cap as an open-source loom tells me nothing. There’s likely dozens of people like me, haha.
Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
#34How does it compare to using either of the following on macOS - OBS - The built in screen recording functionality in macOS itself - ffmpeg (see http://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Capture/Desktop for details on doing screen capture with it)
Loom is software that, in one click, overlays your face in a bubble as you can narrate your screen recording, uploads it as it's recording, and when you press stop it copies a link to your clipboard you can share immediately with whoever you are showing. It's a very polished and complete experience. OBS is for streamers. It could be set up in a similar way if you already have a twitch channel hooked into it. It won't…
OBS works great when recording locally. Sure it works for streamers, but it also outputs to standard video formats easily. You don't need a twitch channel or anything like that. You'll need to figure out where to host the video after the fact (dropbox works well enough, as it allows the viewer to stream without downloading).
Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
#35If there’s one way to turn off a good portion of people from using your project, it’s by locking down the community into a discord.
Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
#36If there’s one way to turn off a good portion of people from using your project, it’s by locking down the community into a discord.
ah sorry to hear that! where would you prefer it?
Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
Good point! Will work on this. After you stop recording you are instantly redirected to your shareable Cap.link. Working on some new points to the landing page now :)
I have no idea what loom is, so describing Cap as an open-source loom tells me nothing. There’s likely dozens of people like me, haha.
Yeah that's a good point. It's a good way for us to get started with people familiar of Loom, but it's not future proof for sure.
Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
#38We built neetoRecord ( https://neeto.com/neetoRecord ) which is also a Loom alternative. Full disclosure - I'm part of the team that built neetoRecord.
It’s poor taste to hijack another “show hn” post. Probably not against the rules but definitely frowned upon. Similar to proposing to significant other at a friends engagement party.
Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
#39> Lightweight, powerful, and stunning What about it is stunning to you? The Steve Jobs-ification of marketing copy has hit epidemic proportions.
This is not a nice comment, but the poster is right. You can get rid of that whole line. Keep it simple.
Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
#40If there’s one way to turn off a good portion of people from using your project, it’s by locking down the community into a discord.
ah sorry to hear that! where would you prefer it?
Matrix for IM, discourse for longer discussions, …
Plenty of open source alternatives. Can even bridge between matrix channels and discord