Screen Recorder with Shareable Link

Record your screen, then share a link to the video - hosted on your own storage. Where Loom and other hosted recorders keep your videos on their servers behind a subscription, FTPie saves the recording to your machine and, when you share it, returns a link from a cloud account you control. No third-party custody, no link rot when you stop paying - see FTPie vs Loom. Recordings save automatically to your Videos/FTPie folder.

Simple Workflow

1. Launch from JumpList, System Tray, or a hotkey that starts recording straight away
2. Pick your capture area - full screen, a region, or a window - then click record
3. Pause/resume as needed during recording - from the window or a hotkey
4. Stop recording when finished - again, from the window or a hotkey
5. Choose immediate action:
   • Open in FTPie - For preview and sharing options
   • Open in Explorer - View in system file manager
   • Discard - Bin a take you don't want, without leaving the file behind
6. Recordings automatically save to Videos/FTPie folder

Stop a recording without appearing in it

The awkward moment in every screen recording is the end of it: to stop, you have to go and find the recorder window - which then shows up in the last few seconds of your own demo. FTPie has global hotkeys for the whole cycle, so the recorder can stay out of the way from start to finish.

• Stop and pause/resume hotkeys - work anywhere, while the recorder window stays hidden. Set them in the recorder's own settings dialog
• Start hotkeys - one each for full screen, region and window, so a recording begins without opening the recorder first
• 3-2-1 countdown - a moment to get to the right window before the first frame; it is click-through and gone before recording starts
• The window hides itself when a recording is started by hotkey, so it can't sit in the middle of the area you're recording
• One recorder at a time - triggering another start while a recording runs won't quietly begin a second one

All the recording hotkeys ship unassigned, so nothing changes until you pick your own. If a combination is already claimed by another application, the settings dialog tells you as you type it rather than accepting a shortcut that would never fire.

When a recording finishes

Optionally, and off by default, FTPie can act the moment you stop:

• Copy the file to the clipboard, ready to paste into a chat or an email
• Share it - straight into Quick Share for a link on your own storage

FTPie Preview Options

When opened in FTPie, you get additional capabilities:

• Quick Share - Two clicks to a shareable link, hosted on your own storage
• Upload to... - Send it to any connected storage you choose
• Video player - Preview recording before sharing

Recording Settings

Key Features

• Record what you need - Full screen, a selected region, or a single window
• Instant recording - Start capturing in two clicks with sensible defaults, or from a hotkey
• Hotkeys for start, stop and pause - Run the whole recording without the recorder window on screen
• Automatic organization - Saves to Videos/FTPie folder by default
• Share in two clicks - Quick Share returns a shareable link, or upload to any connected storage you choose

Your video, your storage

Hosted recorders are convenient until your library hits the free-tier cap or a shared link dies because the plan lapsed. FTPie keeps the recording on your machine and shares it via Quick Share from a cloud account you own - you keep the file, you control the link, and there is no third party between you and your own demo. It is the self-hosted answer to Loom. Need to send it as an attachment? Use Share via Email.

Usage Scenarios

Perfect for creating quick tutorials, recording software demos, or capturing video bugs. The seamless FTPie integration makes it easy to share professional recordings without file management hassles. For still image captures, see the Screenshot tool, or compare the approach with Loom.

Common questions

Related

• Screenshot tool - for a still capture
• Quick Share - share the recording as a link
• Built-in video player - preview without downloading