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✓ No known CVEs patched in this version
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Light signalRecordly v1.5.0 adds native screen capture on macOS and Windows, improves camera animation with auto‑focus cursor tracking, introduces custom cursor options, enables auto captioning for voiceovers, enhances UI, boosts stability for long recordings, allows disabling webcam post‑processing, adds timeline snapping guides, and supports annotation text animations while deprecating the Blurs feature.
Why it matters: Severity 40 bugfix improves stability for longer recordings; new features (capture support, cursor customization, captioning) directly affect developers, SREs, and security engineers managing recording workflows.
Summary
AI summaryUpdates https://github.com/webadderallorg/Recordly, v1.5.0, and Simplified across a mixed release.
Changes in this release
| Type | Severity | Summary | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | Low |
Adds native capture support on MacOS and Windows. Adds native capture support on MacOS and Windows. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-06 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Low |
Improves camera animation with auto-focus cursor tracking. Improves camera animation with auto-focus cursor tracking. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-06 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Low |
Adds custom cursor options (size, type, effects, post‑recording path smoothening). Adds custom cursor options (size, type, effects, post‑recording path smoothening). Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-06 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Low |
Adds auto captioning for voiceovers. Adds auto captioning for voiceovers. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-06 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Low |
Introduces a new and improved UI. Introduces a new and improved UI. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-06 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Low |
Allows disabling webcam post‑processing. Allows disabling webcam post‑processing. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-06 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Low |
Adds timeline snapping guides. Adds timeline snapping guides. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-06 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Low |
Adds annotation text animations. Adds annotation text animations. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-06 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Low |
Adds language support for 13 languages (English, Arabic, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Portuguese‑BR, Chinese‑Simplified, Chinese‑Traditional). Adds language support for 13 languages (English, Arabic, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Portuguese‑BR, Chinese‑Simplified, Chinese‑Traditional). Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-06-06-audit Confidence: low |
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| Feature | Low |
Adds audio waveform visualization for easier hinting. Adds audio waveform visualization for easier hinting. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-06-06-audit Confidence: low |
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| Feature | Low |
Introduces vertical HUD layout with toggle option. Introduces vertical HUD layout with toggle option. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-06-06-audit Confidence: low |
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| Deprecation | Low |
Deprecates Blurs feature. Deprecates Blurs feature. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-06 Confidence: high |
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| Bugfix | Medium |
Improves stability for longer recordings. Improves stability for longer recordings. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-06 Confidence: high |
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Final Release (v1.5.0)
** this project wil be archived soon **
when i started this project 9 months ago, it was really just a side project to help indie devs make better demos and share what they were building. i never expected it to get anywhere close to where it is today. somehow it ended up at 120k+ downloads and almost 40k stars, which is still kind of crazy to me.
i've genuinely enjoyed building it, but i also feel like i've achieved everything i originally set out to do with the project. i guess that's also part of why i'm comfortable ending it.
there are already plenty of successors and forks carrying the torch in their own way and I highly encourage you to check them out.
thanks to everyone who contributed 🙏 , used the app and helped maintain the project, making it truly community first.
even though i'm stepping away, i'd still love to see what people continue building with OpenScreen. if you're using it for your demos, products, walkthroughs, feel free to tag me on X and share what you've made. seeing how people used OpenScreen was always one of the most rewarding parts of working on it.
Changes
- Native Capture in MacOS & Windows (sorry Linux folks 😢)
- Much improved camera animation (Auto-focus cursor tracking) - check video here; manual is still an option
- Custom Cursors (size, type, effects, post recording path smoothening)
- Auto Captioning for voiceovers.
- New and improved UI.
- Improved stability for longer recordings.
- Disable webcam post processing.
- Timeline Snapping guides.
- Annotation text animations.
- Language support: English, Arabic, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
- Audio waveform for easier hinting.
- deprecated Blurs.
- Vertical HUD layout (toggle)
Breaking Changes
- Deprecated Blurs
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