Recordly v1.3.5-beta.2 — Windows & Linux only

Important

Platform availability: Windows x64 and Linux x64 only.

macOS installers are not included in this beta because Apple notarization credentials are currently unavailable. The Windows installer is unsigned and may trigger Microsoft Defender SmartScreen; verify downloads against SHA256SUMS.txt before testing.

This beta packages the reviewed Recordly reliability improvements merged through PR #754, including recording/HUD/webcam fixes, audio and export correctness work, safer project persistence and Marketplace failure handling, Electron 43, and updated Windows native-build compatibility.

Verification before release:

• interactive Windows recording, editing, audio, and export smoke passed on the Electron 43 package
• full local suite passed with 995 tests and 1 skip
• Windows x64 and Linux x64 release jobs must build, smoke-test packaged paths, generate checksums, attest provenance, and upload successfully before assets are attached
• prerelease assets intentionally exclude macOS and stable auto-update metadata

Please report regressions with OS, hardware, capture/audio configuration, and logs where possible.

What's Changed

• test: restore main baseline verification by @meiiie in #624
• fix(linux): stabilize portal source selection HUD by @meiiie in #626
• fix(audio): preserve mac sidecar track controls by @meiiie in #625
• Add click effects and fix auto zoom and FPS bitrate behavior by @webadderall in #607
• Add click effects and fix auto zoom and FPS bitrate behavior by @webadderall in #630
• Keep click effects visible when cursor is hidden by @webadderall in #632
• feat(captions): export subtitles as separate SRT/VTT file alongside video by @mvanhorn in #599
• fix: avoid duplicate mic audio in native mac recordings by @webadderall in #645
• fix(webcam): stabilize frame sync by @webadderall in #646
• animate zoom region transition by @webadderall in #648
• Revert HUD passthrough and Linux fallback changes by @webadderall in #656
• fix(windows): use WGC for window capture by @webadderall in #661
• Add caption sidecar export option by @webadderall in #669
• fix(projects): streamline import and save flow by @webadderall in #679
• feat: export caption sidecars and merge editor follow-ups by @webadderall in #686
• fix(recording): avoid doubled mic audio (echo) on macOS system+mic captures by @josh-abram in #695
• feat(captions): add editable caption timeline and editor by @joehachemx in #711
• fix: preview source audio stops around 20s due to unreliable reported duration by @mvanhorn in #722
• ci: add pull-request quality checks by @meiiie in #737
• fix(ipc): confine browser recordings to the recordings directory by @meiiie in #738
• fix(electron): constrain renderer navigation and child windows by @meiiie in #739
• fix(electron): scope capture permissions to the HUD by @meiiie in #740
• fix(project): make project saves atomic by @meiiie in #741
• chore(deps): remove legacy packages and patch direct findings by @meiiie in #742
• fix(extensions): handle marketplace outages safely by @meiiie in #743
• fix(export): preserve Pixi fallback after renderer init failure by @meiiie in #744
• fix(export): keep large local media on the streaming path by @meiiie in #745
• fix(export): preserve cropped native aspect ratio by @meiiie in #747
• fix(hud): keep controls visible when recording starts by @meiiie in #750
• fix(editor): refresh finalized companion audio by @meiiie in #751
• fix(recording): keep live webcam preview visible by @meiiie in #749
• fix(ci): support Visual Studio 2026 native builds by @meiiie in #753
• chore(deps): upgrade Electron to 43 by @meiiie in #752
• chore(release): prepare 1.3.5-beta.2 by @meiiie in #754

New Contributors

• @mvanhorn made their first contribution in #599
• @josh-abram made their first contribution in #695
• @joehachemx made their first contribution in #711

Full Changelog: v1.3.3...v1.3.5-beta.2

v1.3.4 beta [probably unstable]

This is a beta release, you'll have to manually install it, may be unstable!

Aims to resolve a lot of bugs in v1.3.3, plus new features like click effects, subtitle export, and more.

What's Changed

• test: restore main baseline verification by @meiiie in #624
• fix(linux): stabilize portal source selection HUD by @meiiie in #626
• fix(audio): preserve mac sidecar track controls by @meiiie in #625
• Add click effects and fix auto zoom and FPS bitrate behavior by @webadderall in #607
• Add click effects and fix auto zoom and FPS bitrate behavior by @webadderall in #630
• Keep click effects visible when cursor is hidden by @webadderall in #632
• feat(captions): export subtitles as separate SRT/VTT file alongside video by @mvanhorn in #599
• fix: avoid duplicate mic audio in native mac recordings by @webadderall in #645
• fix(webcam): stabilize frame sync by @webadderall in #646
• animate zoom region transition by @webadderall in #648
• Revert HUD passthrough and Linux fallback changes by @webadderall in #656
• fix(windows): use WGC for window capture by @webadderall in #661
• Add caption sidecar export option by @webadderall in #669

Full Changelog: v1.3.3...v1.3.4-beta.1

v1.3.3

Patch release focused on stability fixes after v1.3.2.

Highlights:

• Fixed HUD/webcam preview bounds so the floating webcam thumbnail no longer collapses during recording.
• Fixed HUD passthrough/clickability after hiding and showing webcam preview.
• Improved timeline clip dragging, reordering, timeline extension, and drag previews.
• Fixed Linux HUD fallback menu bounds and improved Linux X11 source routing.
• Fixed saved presets not restoring crop region settings.
• Kept fresh-recording clips visible while background analysis is running.

What's Changed

• fix(linux): route X11 capture through real sources by @meiiie in #613
• fix(presets): preserve crop region by @meiiie in #614
• fix(recording): preserve webcam preview HUD bounds by @meiiie in #611
• fix(linux): expand HUD fallback for menus by @meiiie in #612
• fix(timeline): keep clips visible during analysis by @meiiie in #615
• fix(editor): patch HUD passthrough and timeline clip drag by @meiiie in #616
• chore(release): prepare v1.3.3 by @meiiie in #617

Full Changelog: v1.3.2...v1.3.3

v1.3.2

Recordly v1.3.2 is a stability patch for recent recording and editor regressions.

Fixed

• Stabilized platform/source capture handling.
• Improved recording audio/video quality and CUDA export canvas sizing.
• Added a clearer horizontal timeline scroll affordance.
• Smoothed timeline clip trim resizing.
• Guarded Linux portal cursor overlay behavior when the OS cursor is already embedded in the captured stream.

Notes

• On Linux Wayland/PipeWire, cursor hiding depends on the desktop portal/compositor. If Recordly cannot confirm cursor-hidden capture, it disables the animated cursor overlay for that recording instead of rendering a second cursor.

What's Changed

• fix(capture): stabilize platform source handling by @meiiie in #596
• fix(timeline): make horizontal scroll easier by @meiiie in #597
• fix(recording): stabilize capture quality and CUDA export canvas by @meiiie in #601
• fix(timeline): smooth clip trim resize by @meiiie in #604
• fix(linux): guard cursor overlay when portal embeds cursor by @meiiie in #605
• chore(release): prepare v1.3.2 by @meiiie in #606

Full Changelog: v1.3.1...v1.3.2

v1.3.1

v1.3.1 patches Windows HUD passthrough behavior during recording.

What's Changed

• fix(export): keep Windows auto off static layout first by @meiiie in #582
• fix(recording): preserve browser cursor after WGC fallback by @meiiie in #583
• fix(editor): guard timeline speed overlap by @meiiie in #585
• fix(recording): compact HUD fallback on Windows 10 by @meiiie in #584
• fix(editor): refresh companion audio preview by @meiiie in #586
• fix: stabilize Windows recording preview by @meiiie in #588
• fix: reset cursor state on recording load by @meiiie in #589
• chore(release): bump version to 1.3.1 by @meiiie in #592

Full Changelog: v1.3.0...v1.3.1

v1.3.0

Recordly v1.3.0

Super excited to bring this release to you all! Meet a refreshed app logo, a cleaner motion system, light/dark modes in the menu bar HUD, improved responsiveness to reduce flicker, and many more neat features:

Highlights

• Presets - you can now save your settings and load them!
• Massively revamped motion system!
• Editable captions!
• Motion presets
• Many more features!

Notes

• This is the stable v1.3.0 release, following the v1.3.0-beta.1 through v1.3.0-beta.3 prereleases
• If you tested a beta build for this cycle, thank you for the reports and feedback

Full Changelog: v1.2.1...v1.3.0

v1.3.0 beta-3

Recordly v1.30 beta-3 (may be unstable)

Yet another pre-release... should fix the remaining bugs, please report all issues on our Discord!

Full Changelog: v1.3.0-beta.2...v1.3.0-beta.3

v1.3.0 beta-2 (may be unstable)

Significant stability improvements made since the last beta, once verified stable we can release v1.3.0 to all users!

What's Changed

• fix(export): fallback webcam packet streaming failures by @meiiie in #447
• fix(electron): avoid CJS dirname binding collision by @meiiie in #450
• add russian localization by @voinkovpost in #446
• fix(export): recover video background fallback and smooth preview audio by @meiiie in #452
• fix(export): keep large exports off in-memory save path by @meiiie in #453
• fix: show full slow-speed clips on timeline by @meiiie in #454
• test: cover preview skipping cut regions by @meiiie in #455
• fix(recording): stabilize WGC resize frames by @meiiie in #456
• fix(export): fallback native Lightning errors by @meiiie in #461
• feat/timeline-scrubbing : Mouse now scrubs timeline. by @ExtraBinoss in #437
• fix(export): use portrait target dimensions by @meiiie in #462
• test(export): cover odd MP4 dimension normalization by @meiiie in #463
• fix(recording): stop browser recorder before cleanup by @meiiie in #464
• fix(editor): keep cursor size stable during zoom by @meiiie in #465
• fix(editor): restore zoomed cursor sizing default by @meiiie in #466
• fix(electron): force main bundle cjs output by @meiiie in #468
• fix(recording): clamp cursor samples at pause boundary by @meiiie in #472
• refactor: timeline code 2500 -> 400 lines by @ExtraBinoss in #448
• Fix/audio wrong layer and audio playback by @ExtraBinoss in #482
• add: drawIcons for extensions, SettingsPanel for extension fixed. by @ExtraBinoss in #459
• fix: Recording doesn't work with different windows by @ExtraBinoss in #485
• fix: Mouse passthrough bug, v 1.3.0beta by @ExtraBinoss in #486
• fix frameRendering with all extensions by @ExtraBinoss in #478
• feat(i18n): add Italian (it) locale by @miticojo in #488
• fix: SliderControl CSS by @ExtraBinoss in #487
• Fix/video editor loading time by @ExtraBinoss in #491
• Fix/cursor playhead placement by @ExtraBinoss in #498
• fix motion blur regressions by @webadderall in #499

New Contributors

• @voinkovpost made their first contribution in #446
• @miticojo made their first contribution in #488

Full Changelog: v1.3.0-beta.1...v1.3.0-beta.2

v1.3.0 beta

Recordly v1.3.0 Beta (may be unstable)

Hi everyone,

We’re really excited to share Recordly v1.3.0 Beta. Huge leaps have been made!

The biggest work in this build is a drastic revamp of the motion engine, a much more polished and responsive launch menu / HUD experience, and a lot of work across export performance, editor feel, and overall usability.

As always, thank you for trying beta builds and helping shape where Recordly goes next.

Highlights

Motion engine overhaul

This beta includes a major rework of the motion system across the editor and export pipeline.

• New motion preset direction centered around Focused and Smooth
• Better cursor motion behavior and improved motion defaults
• Refined zoom motion blur and temporal blur behavior
• More consistent motion handling between preview and export
• Cleaner fallback behavior as we continue migrating older settings into the newer motion system

Launch menu and HUD performance improvements

A lot of work went into making the launch experience feel faster, cleaner, and more stable.

• Significant launch window / source selector UI improvements
• Better responsiveness and reduced jitter in the source picker
• Improved popover behavior and reduced mouse passthrough issues
• Cleaner recording bar / HUD interactions
• Better theming support and more consistent system color behavior
• General structure cleanups to keep the launch flow snappy and easier to maintain

Faster Lightning exports

We’ve been pushing hard on export speed in this cycle, especially for Windows.

• Large Lightning export performance improvements
• Better native/export pipeline tuning
• Reduced local media overhead in export flows
• Improved frame pacing and renderer stability
• Better handling around duration mismatches in some export scenarios
• Cleaner error surfacing and follow-up polish around export reliability

Editor and recording improvements

There’s a lot of smaller-but-important quality work in here too.

• Webcam crop preview/export improvements
• Inline subtitle / caption editing work
• Better timeline interactions and zoom placement behavior
• Improved clip-first editing flow
• Updated defaults like Tahoe cursor and refined cursor sway
• System-language default when no app language has been manually chosen
• Update prompts are quieter now: failed update checks no longer show UI unless there’s an actual update to show

Beta notes

This is still a pre-release, so a few rough edges are expected. If anything feels off, especially around motion behavior, launch UI, or Lightning exports, we’d love the feedback.

Thank you

Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to this release:

@webadderall
@ExtraBinoss
@wizardAEI
@meiiie
@wiiiii123
@hongvbhp2003
@crbender
@sharkcreep87
@kingfive
@shuwn
@dexisback
@texamaan86

Please note: Since this is a manual install, Mac users will have to re-assign permissions to Recordly.

v1.2.1

v1.2.1

Hotfix release that updates the in-app Discord invite link in the editor's Tutorial/Help panel — the previous invite had expired. No other changes from v1.2.0.

Full Changelog: v1.2.0...v1.2.1