Your screen, your face, your voice, in one take

ScreenChest zooms in on your clicks, so viewers always see what you're doing. A lightweight native Mac app with a built-in editor.

Download for macOS

For Apple silicon Macs, on macOS 26 or later. Free and open source.

The ScreenChest editor previewing a desktop recording, with zoom, background, audio and export settings beside it and zooms on the timeline below

Automatic zooms

ScreenChest adds zooms by following your clicks and cursor, so the important moments stand out. It gets you most of the way, and you finish the rest: drag, resize, or add zooms right on the timeline.

The timeline's zoom row, with 2× zooms placed under each burst of clicks

Record a display, or just one window

Camera, microphone and system audio record alongside it, lined up to the same frame.

The recording toolbar set to record a single Safari window

Use any connected camera or microphone

Pick from every camera and microphone your Mac can see: the built-in ones, a Studio Display, a USB mic, or your iPhone through Continuity Camera.

The camera menu in the recording toolbar, listing the Studio Display, MacBook Pro and iPhone cameras

Put yourself in the corner

Add your camera as a bubble and pick its corner, size and shape. Mirror it so you look the way you expect to.

A rounded camera bubble in the bottom-left corner of the recording, beside its position, shape, size and mirror settings

All your recordings in one place

Every take lands in one library, with thumbnails, search and the edits you made to each. Pick one up right where you left it.

The recording picker, with a search field and thumbnails of today's and yesterday's takes

Frame it nicely

Set your recording on a wallpaper or gradient, with padding, rounded corners and a shadow.

Audio

Balance your microphone against system audio before you export.

Plain files on your Mac

Each recording is a package in your Movies folder, edits included.

Native to the Mac

Built with SwiftUI for macOS 26 and later.