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Cap vs Tight Studio: catalog facts
Cap	Tight Studio
Freemium The application is open source and free to use locally or self-hosted. Cap Cloud hosting…	Free Free with no watermark and no credit card required.
Windows, macOS	macOS
Instant Mode produces a shareable link the moment you stop recording Studio Mode edits locally with backgrounds, zooms, trimming and captions	Automatic zoom and cursor smoothing Recording and multi-clip editing in one app
Cloud hosting, team workspaces and analytics are paid Desktop apps are macOS and Windows; Linux support is not on par	Mac only for now; Windows is on a waitlist Focused on demo and tutorial videos rather than general editing
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: AGPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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