Screen Recorder

Record your screen with no download or install required

"No download" can mean two different things, and it is worth being precise about which one you mean. This page covers both, and points you at the recorder itself when you are ready.

The two things "no download" can mean

  1. Nothing to download before you start. You do not fetch and install a desktop application or a browser extension just to record your screen once. This is what most people searching for a "no download" screen recorder actually want: a tool that works the moment the page opens.
  2. Nothing is ever saved as a file, even the recording itself. That is a different, stricter reading — and one this tool does not force on you. Recording, previewing and downloading the result are three separate steps here, and only the third one is optional.

The screen recorder on this site satisfies the first reading fully: opening the page is the entire setup. It also supports the second reading if that is genuinely what you want — you can record, watch the result in the built-in preview, and simply never click Download, at which point nothing is written to disk at all.

Why no install is possible here

Screen capture and video encoding are both built directly into modern browsers as the getDisplayMedia and MediaRecorder APIs. A page can call them the moment it loads — there is no separate binary to fetch, no driver to register, and no background service that keeps running after you close the tab. This page is a thin layer over those two APIs and nothing more: the browser itself is doing the actual capturing and encoding, using code that already shipped with it.

That is also why the setup is identical every time: no version to keep updated, no license to renew, and no installer that could carry anything you did not ask for.

Record without saving anything to disk

  1. Open the screen recorder and click Start recording.
  2. Choose the screen, window, or tab you want in your browser's own picker, and confirm Share.
  3. Click Stop when you are done (or use the browser's own "Stop sharing" control).
  4. Watch the result in the preview player that appears — this step needs no download at all.
  5. Close the tab when you are finished. Because the recording only ever existed as in-memory data in that tab, nothing remains afterwards.

If you decide partway through that you do want to keep the file, the Download button is right there in the same result panel — you do not have to start over.

Frequently asked questions

Does "no download" mean I can't save the video either?

No — those are two different things. "No download" here means you do not have to download and install any software before you can record. You are always free to save the finished recording as a video file afterwards; that download is optional and happens only when you click the Download button.

So what actually happens if I never click Download?

The recording exists only in this browser tab's memory, as an in-memory video Blob. You can watch it in the preview player for as long as the tab stays open, but if you close the tab or reload the page without downloading, it is gone — there is no server copy and no autosave. If you want to keep a recording, download it before you navigate away.

Is this a browser extension I need to add?

No. It is a plain web page. There is no extension to add to your browser, no permissions to grant beyond the ordinary one-time screen-share and (optionally) microphone prompts, and nothing left installed afterwards.

Screen recorderBack to the tool itself — start recording your screen, a window, or a tab. TeleprompterScroll your script on screen while you record a tab. Mic testCheck your microphone level before you turn on the mic toggle.