Now tick the last task and hit Share.
Captions Pro
Speech turns into captions on your own machine with Whisper. Nothing is sent to a server.
Free · open source · Mac + Windows
Screen recordings that zoom themselves.
Record your screen like you always do. Dolly zooms in on every click, follows your cursor like a camera on rails and exports a video that looks edited.
MIT license · no account · no watermark
Workspace
Inbox
Launch plan
Roadmap
Design review
Archive
Friday launch checklist
Record the product demoLéa
Write the changelogNico
Cut the launch videoYou
Post on X and Product HuntSam
1.0×
ClipZoom
2.0× zoom
2.0× zoom
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auto-zoom on
How it works
Press record. Click. The camera follows.
- 01
Press record
Pick a display and hit Record. After a three-second countdown, use your app the way you always do.
- 02
Click
Every click lands on the timeline as a zoom. The camera starts moving early, so it arrives right on the click.
- 03
The camera follows
Clicks close together share one shot, so the camera doesn't bounce. Click somewhere else and a new zoom follows you there.
Stop. It's already edited.
Stop recording and the wallpaper, padding, rounded corners, shadow and zooms are all there. Every zoom is a block you can drag, stretch or delete.
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2.0×
2.0×
2.0×
2.0×
- Wallpaper
- Padding
- Rounded corners
- Soft shadow
- Zoom on every click
Smooth cursor
Shaky hand. Steady cursor.
Dolly replaces your shaky mouse path with a clean glide between the points you actually clicked. It's a spring run over the whole recording, and the cursor still lands right on each click.
spring, not linearstiffness 170damping 26Your mouse · raw inputIn the video · smoothed
Three-Up
One edit. Three shapes.
See 16:9, 1:1 and 9:16 side by side on one timeline, tick the ones you want and export them together.
16:9
1:1
9:16 Pro
Free exports 16:9 and 1:1 together. Pro adds the 9:16 cut, 4K, 60 fps and GIF.
In the box
The small stuff is done too.
Webcam bubble Pro
Record your face at the same time and park it in any corner. It shrinks out of the way when the camera zooms.
Backgrounds
Your screen sits on a wallpaper with rounded corners and a soft shadow. Eight come built in, and Pro adds your own images.
Launch plan 16x9 1080p30.mp4
Launch plan 1x1 1080p30.mp4
2 files savedReveal in Finder
Export
Tick your shapes and they export one after another. MP4 up to 1080p, 30 fps for free. 4K, 60 fps and GIF with Pro.
Private by default
Your recordings stay on your disk.
No account
Open the app and record. There is no sign-up screen and no cloud library.
No watermark
Free exports are clean too. No logo, no time limit, no trial that runs out.
No upload
Video, audio and captions are processed locally. The only thing that goes online is the Pro license check.
Pricing
Free to record. $9.99 once for Pro.
No subscription. Pay once, use Pro on up to 3 devices, and get every update.
Free
$0
- Unlimited recordings
- Auto-zoom on every click
- Smooth cursor
- Backgrounds and padding
- MP4 export up to 1080p, 30 fps
- 16:9 and 1:1
- No watermark
Pro
$9.99 one time
- Everything in Free
- 4K and 60 fps export
- Captions with on-device Whisper
- Webcam bubble
- GIF export and 9:16 vertical cut
- Your own background images
Download
One app, both computers.
The same Electron and React codebase builds the Mac and Windows versions on every release.
macOS
- macOS 13.3 or newer
- Apple silicon
- Not signed by Apple yet, so the first open takes one extra step
Windows
- Beta, so tell us what you find
- Windows 10 and 11
- x64
- Not signed yet, so SmartScreen asks once
git clone https://github.com/percyitchy/dolly && cd dolly && npm install && npm run build:native && npm run dev
Questions
Before you hit record.
Is it really free?
Yes. Recording, auto-zoom, smooth cursor and 1080p export are free forever, and the code is MIT licensed. Pro is a one-time $9.99 for 4K, 60 fps, captions, webcam, GIF export and the vertical cut.
How do I activate Pro?
After you pay you get a license key on Whop. Paste it in Settings once, and Pro keeps working offline. One key works on up to 3 devices.
Does anything track me?
The Dolly app has no analytics and only goes online to check a Pro license. This website counts visits and downloads without cookies or stored IP addresses.
Which permissions does it need?
On a Mac you allow Screen Recording, Input Monitoring, the microphone and the camera once in System Settings. macOS's wording mentions keystrokes, but Dolly only asks for mouse events, so it never sees what you type. On Windows you only allow the microphone and camera.
Why does my computer warn me when I open it?
The builds aren't signed yet. The README shows the one extra step on Mac and Windows. Until they're signed, macOS may ask for permissions again after an update.
Can I edit the zooms?
Every zoom is a block on the timeline. Drag it, stretch it, change the zoom level or delete it.
How was it built?
With Claude Code on Opus 5.5. The full source is on GitHub.
Scene 1 · Take 1
That's a wrap.
Free forever. Pro is $9.99 once.
Download DollyMac and Windows · MIT license