OmniRec

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#110 of 131

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6.2

The facts below are what the maker publishes about OmniRec, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From OmniRec's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
Free & Open Source	Free	No subscriptions · no accounts · no limits

Each one read from OmniRec's own pages, with the date it was checked.

Audio: It can capture system audio, microphone audio, or both, with dual-source mixing and echo cancellation.checked 12 Oct 2026
Availability: The README says OmniRec is in active development and not yet available for general use.checked 12 Oct 2026
Capture: It records a window, an entire display, or a custom screen region.checked 12 Oct 2026
CLI: A command-line interface supports headless recording and automation.checked 12 Oct 2026
Formats: Export formats listed are MP4, WebM, MKV, QuickTime, GIF, APNG, and WebP.checked 12 Oct 2026
License: The repository identifies the project as MIT licensed.checked 12 Oct 2026
Microphone recording: Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
Privacy: The README says processing happens locally and recordings never leave the user's machine.checked 12 Oct 2026
Product: OmniRec is an open-source screen recorder for Linux, Windows, and macOS.checked 12 Oct 2026
System audio: Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
Transcription: Automatic speech transcription creates a timestamped Markdown transcript alongside the video.checked 12 Oct 2026
Transcription engine: Transcription uses whisper.cpp via vtx-engine and downloads the default ggml-medium.en model, about 1.5 GB, on first use.checked 12 Oct 2026

Meeting apps: The README describes recording calls from Zoom, Teams, or Google Meet using system audio and a microphone.checked 12 Oct 2026
Platform limits: The README says macOS 12.3 or later is supported; GNOME's system source picker does not support region selection or recording.checked 12 Oct 2026
Supported platforms: windows,macos,linuxchecked 21 Sep 2026