Asynchronous screen and camera recording shared by link
CompanyAtlassian
Since2016
PricingFreemium
Loom's contribution was the workflow, not the recording. Stop the recording and the link is already on your clipboard, which is what made replacing a meeting with a three minute video actually happen.
Self-hosted photo and video backup for your own server
Stars113.1K
Commit8h ago
LicenseAGPL-3.0
Immich replaces a cloud photo service with software that runs on hardware you own. Mobile apps for iOS and Android back up new photos and videos in the background, so the library on your server stays current without you thinking about it.
Cloud photo library with automatic backup and search
CompanyGoogle
Since2015
PricingPaid
Google Photos backs up everything a phone takes and then makes it findable. Search understands objects, places, and people without any tagging, and the timeline handles libraries in the hundreds of thousands without stalling.
OpenCut is a timeline video editor that installs nothing and uploads nothing. Media stays in the browser, processing happens locally through WebCodecs, and there is no account step before you can cut a clip.
CapCut is free, capable, and shaped entirely around vertical video for social platforms. Auto captions, trend templates, and one-tap effects remove most of the craft barrier to publishing.
Screen recording with automatic zooms and polished motion
CompanyScreen Studio
Since2022
PricingPaid
Screen Studio produces product demos that look edited without anyone editing them. Cursor movement is smoothed, clicks trigger zooms, and the resulting motion reads as deliberate rather than as somebody's screen recording.
Free software media system for collecting and streaming your own media
Stars58K
Commitjust now
LicenseGPL-2.0
Jellyfin is a free, self-hosted media system that collects household movies, shows, and music into one library for streaming to phones, TVs, and browsers.
Photo library synced through iCloud across Apple devices
CompanyApple
Since2015
PricingPaid
Apple Photos does most of its analysis on the device rather than in the cloud, so face grouping and object search work without the library being readable by the vendor. Sync happens through iCloud, and the library is a first party part of the operating system rather than an app you install.
Cloud-managed digital signage with playlists and remote screen scheduling
CompanyScreenly
Since2017
PricingPaid
Screenly manages digital signage content across remote screens through a cloud dashboard, with playlists and schedules for images, videos, and web pages.
Ente stores photos and videos encrypted on the client, so the server holds ciphertext it cannot read. Sync, albums, and sharing all work on top of that constraint rather than around it.
Screen recorder with editing and instant shareable links
Stars21.4K
Commit16h ago
LicenseAGPL-3.0
Cap records screen and camera, then gives you an editor with backgrounds, automatic zooms, and cursor smoothing before you share a link. It is built in Rust on Tauri, so the binary is small and recording does not tax the machine it is recording.
Open-source private YouTube front-end with no ads or tracking
Stars25.2K
Commitjust now
LicenseAGPL-3.0
Invidious is an open-source alternative front-end to YouTube that plays videos without ads or Google tracking, with subscriptions and playlists but no Google account.
Free open-source media center for organizing and playing your own library
Stars21.3K
Commitjust now
LicenseGPL-2.0
Kodi is a free and open-source media center that organizes a household's own movies, shows, music, and photos into one browsable library and plays them across TV, desktop, and mobile devices.
Free open-source screen recorder for Chrome with annotation
Stars18.8K
Commitjust now
LicenseGPL-3.0
Screenity is a free, open-source screen recorder for Chrome that captures tab, desktop, or camera with annotation tools and stores recordings locally with no time limits.
Federated self-hosted video platform for independent ad-free channels
Stars15.4K
Commitjust now
LicenseAGPL-3.0
PeerTube is a free, open-source federated video platform for running an independent ad-free video site, with instances interconnecting into one network.
Free digital painting app for illustration and animation
Stars10.5K
Commitjust now
LicenseGPL-3.0-only
Krita is a free desktop digital painting application for illustration, comics, texture art, and 2D animation on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and ChromeOS.