Captail

Lightweight instant-replay alternative to NVIDIA ShadowPlay that stays recording reliably.

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Captail is a free, open-source instant-replay tool for Windows, positioned as a more reliable alternative to NVIDIA ShadowPlay's Instant Replay feature — it keeps a rolling buffer of recent gameplay and saves it on a hotkey press, with no account, cloud upload, or telemetry. It's aimed at PC gamers who just want to save the last few minutes of gameplay without setting up a full streaming or scene-based recording suite. The project is currently an early public preview.

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