# ClearRec

> Free Chrome screen recorder that captures your screen, tab, or webcam, then trims, crops, and exports to MP4, WebM, or GIF — fully local, no login, no cloud uploads.

ClearRec is a free, privacy-first Chrome extension that records the
screen, a browser tab, a webcam, or a screen + webcam picture-in-picture
overlay, and exports to MP4, WebM, or GIF — all without leaving the
browser. Every byte is encoded by Chrome's MediaRecorder API and saved
to the user's Downloads folder. No accounts, no cloud upload, no
analytics, no telemetry. Built by M. H. Tawfik at Soft Web Grove.

## Key facts

- Free Chrome extension, Manifest V3, minimum Chrome 116
- Five capture surfaces: screen / window / tab / webcam / screen + webcam
- Six quality tiers, top tier 4K @ 60fps at 50 Mbps
- Three export formats: MP4 (H.264 + AAC), WebM, GIF (palettegen + paletteuse)
- Built-in trim, crop, and export editor (ffmpeg.wasm)
- Zero servers, zero accounts, zero analytics, zero third-party SDKs
- Works on Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Opera, Vivaldi — any Chromium browser
- Source-of-truth domain: https://clearrec.app
- Author: M. H. Tawfik (https://mhtawfik.com)
- Studio: Soft Web Grove (https://softwebgrove.com)
- Contact: hello@mhtawfik.com
- Based in: Kushtia, Bangladesh (Asia/Dhaka (UTC+6))

## Quality tiers

- **Insane** — 4K at 60fps, 50 Mbps. Cinematic captures.
- **Extreme** — 4K at 30fps, 30 Mbps. High-detail with smaller files.
- **Ultra** — 1440p at 60fps, 20 Mbps. Default — best balance.
- **High** — 1080p at 60fps, 10 Mbps. Standard HD.
- **Medium** — 1080p at 30fps, 5 Mbps. Light-weight HD.
- **Low** — 720p at 30fps, 2.5 Mbps. Smallest files for email.

## Primary pages

- [Home](https://clearrec.app/): product overview, features, install
- [Blog](https://clearrec.app/blog): field notes on screen recording, privacy, Chrome
- [Contact](https://clearrec.app/contact): support, bug reports, contact details
- [Privacy](https://clearrec.app/privacy): data handling (local-first, no uploads)

## Blog

Field notes from the team building ClearRec. Full feed at https://clearrec.app/blog (also available as RSS at https://clearrec.app/blog/rss.xml and JSON Feed at https://clearrec.app/blog/feed.json).

- [The best free Loom alternative for Chrome (2026): a local-first comparison](https://clearrec.app/blog/free-loom-alternative-chrome-extension) — Looking for a free Loom alternative for Chrome with no time limits, no account, and no cloud upload? Here's an honest, side-by-side comparison of ClearRec, Loom, Screencastify, and Vidyard's free tiers. *(2026-05-21, 5 min read, tags: Comparisons, Privacy, Chrome)*
- [How to convert a screen recording to GIF in Chrome (without uploading it anywhere)](https://clearrec.app/blog/convert-screen-recording-to-gif-chrome) — A practical 2026 guide to recording a screen and exporting a clean, well-paletted GIF — entirely in Chrome, no online converter required. Covers ffmpeg's palettegen pass, sensible frame rates, and the size/quality trade-offs. *(2026-05-19, 5 min read, tags: How-to, GIF, Editor)*
- [The 6 best free Chrome screen recorder extensions (2026 review)](https://clearrec.app/blog/best-free-chrome-screen-recorder-2026) — An honest, hands-on review of the six best free Chrome screen recorder extensions in 2026 — judged on free-tier limits, privacy posture, recording quality, editor depth, and export options. Includes a feature matrix and a recommendation by use case. *(2026-05-15, 7 min read, tags: Reviews, Chrome, Privacy)*

## Comparison vs. cloud screen recorders

ClearRec is the local-first alternative to Loom and Screencastify. Where
Loom and Screencastify upload every recording to their own servers and
hand the user a share-link, ClearRec writes the file to the user's
Downloads folder and forgets about it. There is no account, no expiring
link, no analytics on who opened the video, and no cap on recording
length or resolution. Use ClearRec when the recording itself is the
deliverable — bug reports, security demos, classroom captures, private
client walkthroughs.

## License

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