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orbit

Free, open-source macOS screen recorder, screenshot tool and video editor. A Screen Studio and CleanShot X │ alternative with automatic zooms, a smooth cursor and styled backgrounds. Lives in the menu bar.

  • Completely free
  • macOS
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

orbit is a screen capture program, available on macOS. Other documented uses: video editing.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Free, open-source macOS screen recorder, screenshot tool and video editor.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Free, open-source macOS screen recorder, screenshot tool and video editor.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of orbit is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 9 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub diip3sh/orbit (MIT)

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