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MathewSachin/Captura

Captura is a screen and audio recording application for Windows that captures video, audio, and webcam feeds using multiple backend engines including FFmpeg, Media Foundation, and Windows Desktop Duplication. The system supports diverse output formats such as MP4, AVI, GIF, and PNG, with options to save locally, copy to the clipboard, or upload to services like Imgur and YouTube. It features a modular architecture with a command-line interface, global hotkey support, and customizable overlays for mouse and keyboard events.

57.1

Adequate · 5 August 2026

24k

lines of production code

C#

primary language

1

bus factor · 52 authors in all

4

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How it got here

2015–2017 · Modernization and modular architecture

The project underwent a significant architectural overhaul, migrating to .NET Standard and adopting a modular, dependency-injection-based design. This period focused on replacing legacy UI and settings systems with modern, extensible components, while introducing new features like webcam support, command-line interfaces, and flexible image output options.

24 changes

2018 · architecture modernization and feature expansion

This period focused on a comprehensive architectural overhaul, introducing a dependency injection system, modularizing the build process, and establishing a robust interface-based design for core components like video, audio, and overlays. Simultaneously, the project expanded its feature set with new recording modes, FFmpeg integration, and a modernized user interface with localization support.

35 changes

2019 · Windows capture and encoding overhaul

This period focused on modernizing the Windows screen capture engine by replacing legacy methods with the Desktop Duplication API and integrating Direct2D and GDI-based imaging subsystems. It also introduced comprehensive webcam support, hardware-accelerated video encoding via Media Foundation and FFmpeg, and new overlay features for visualizing user interactions.

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  • The description of this project is derived from its own commit history, not from its README.
  • The score is its highest published measurement, taken on 5 August 2026 at a pinned commit. It is not a live figure and does not change until the project is measured again.
  • Measured at commit 3fdf41529b — the exact code this score is about.
  • Scored under rubric rubric-2026.08.19. Score the same commit under that rubric and you get the same number.
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