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Record once. Get a link at once. Make it look and sound good later, under the same link. Here's what's in the app today, and what isn't yet.

Auto-zoom and a smooth cursor

Zooms planned from your clicks and typing, a cursor redrawn so it glides, and a frame around it all. Every zoom is editable.

More on auto-zoom

The Zoom inspector and zoom blocks on the editor timeline. The Zoom inspector and zoom blocks on the editor timeline.

Instant share links

The link is on your clipboard when you stop. Update it after editing and the URL stays the same. Files live in your own bucket.

More on share links

The Shared popover with the link, Copy and Update Link. The Shared popover with the link, Copy and Update Link.

Audio and captions

Auto level to −16 LUFS, on-device voice enhance, ducking, Cut Long Silences, and captions made on your Mac.

More on audio and captions

The Audio inspector with Enhance voice, Auto level and ducking. The Audio inspector with Enhance voice, Auto level and ducking.

CLI and MCP for agents

Claude Code, Codex or Cursor can list screens, record a demo of the change they made, export it and hand you the link.

More on the CLI and MCP

$ reelbird record --display 1 --duration 20 --share
$ reelbird edit latest --set zoom.intensity=0.7
$ reelbird share latest --polished
# same link, polished video

Warnings while it matters

A silent microphone, stalled capture, audio drift, a filling disk or uploads falling behind show up on the recording bar during the take, not after.

The recording bar with a warning above it: Your mic is silent. Is it muted? Check Sound Settings. The recording bar with a warning above it: Your mic is silent. Is it muted? Check Sound Settings.

And the rest

Display, window or area
Pick any display, any window (even on another desktop) or drag out an area. Return starts, Esc closes.
Separate tracks
Screen, camera, microphone and system audio, each on its own track, with no virtual audio driver.
Camera bubble
Its own 30 fps track, so size, shape and corner can change after recording.
Crash-safe takes
2-second segments on disk from the first frame. A crash costs at most two seconds.
Hide the browser toolbar
Reelbird finds the browser chrome at the top of a recording and crops it in one click. The media is never changed.
Keystroke overlay
Optional. Shows the shortcuts you press, and lets auto-zoom follow typing.
Export
MP4 (H.264), HEVC, ProRes and GIF with hardware encoding. Landscape, square, vertical or 4:3.
Open project format
A .reelbird folder of MP4s, JSON and an event log, with relative paths.
Keyboard first
⌥⇧R records from anywhere. J, K, L, S for split, Z for zoom, ⌘E to export.
CLI and MCP
Everything the app does, from a terminal or a coding agent, with JSON output.

A library of every take

⇧⌘L opens it. Shared takes are marked, recovered ones too.

The Reelbird library: a grid of recordings with durations, some marked Shared and one Recovered. The Reelbird library: a grid of recordings with durations, some marked Shared and one Recovered.

Not there yet

Next to Loom and Screen Studio

Loom gives you a link when you stop but no auto-zoom, and its free plan stops videos at 5 minutes with no downloads. Screen Studio has the polish for $29 a month, with the link after export. Reelbird does both from one take, free.

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Record your first take in a few minutes.

Clone the repo, run make install, and look for the robin in your menu bar. Mac only, macOS 15 or later, no Xcode needed.

Get Reelbird — free Source on GitHub