Changelog

Cap is now SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified. Reports and live control status are available on the trust portal, and the full story is on the blog.

Transcripts no longer wait for processing to finish. Instant recordings are now transcribed while they upload, so the share page has a transcript ready the moment it loads.

A round of hardening across sharing and sign-in.

• Comments require access - Posting a comment now requires permission to view the Cap it belongs to.
• Downloads respect sharing - Downloading an organization video requires an explicit share, not just a guessable link.
• Login codes expire on time - Email login codes now expire after the advertised 10 minutes.

Cap links now unfurl in Slack. Connect your Slack workspace from organization settings and shared Caps expand into rich previews your team can watch without leaving the conversation.

Features

• Link unfurls - Pasting a Cap link in Slack shows the title, thumbnail, and an inline player.
• Simple setup - Install the integration from organization settings with a standard Slack authorization flow.

Improvements

• Playable previews in more apps - Tools that use Iframely for link previews, such as Notion, now show an inline Cap player for public videos.

The fastest way to cut a video is now to cut the words. The web editor has a transcript sidebar, and removing text removes the matching footage.

Features

• Transcript sidebar - The full transcript sits next to the editor timeline, synced word by word with playback.
• Delete text to cut video - Select words or sentences and remove them, and the cuts appear on the timeline instantly.
• Filler word cleanup - Filler words are highlighted so you can strip the "ums" and "uhs" in a couple of clicks.

Cap links look like Cap now. Every page on cap.so and every share link gets a proper preview card when pasted into chat apps, socials, or docs.

Features

• Video preview cards - Share links unfurl with the video's title and thumbnail instead of a generic image.
• Copy as rich link - Copying a share link also carries a formatted title link, so pasting into emails and docs gives a clean clickable preview.

Reorganizing your library no longer happens one video at a time. Select multiple Caps and move them together, or transfer an entire organization's content in one step.

Features

• Bulk move - Select any number of Caps and move them into a space or folder in one action.
• Move from anywhere - Bulk actions work across your library, shared Caps, and spaces.
• Organization content transfer - Admins can transfer all of an organization's videos to another organization from the new content management settings page.

The Cap docs have been redesigned from scratch, with clearer navigation, faster search, and answers on demand.

Features

• New design - A cleaner layout with a proper sidebar, so guides for the desktop app, web, self-hosting, and the API are easy to find.
• Ask the docs - Ask a question in plain language and get an answer grounded in the documentation, with links to the pages it came from.
• Expanded guides - New documentation for storage setup, team migration, and using Cap with agents.

Cap now handles screenshots as well as videos, and getting existing media into your library is much quicker.

Features

• Screenshots on share pages - Screenshots captured with Cap get their own share pages and dashboard cards, just like videos.
• Paste to import - Paste a file straight into the dashboard and Cap imports it into your library.
• Import any media - The import flow accepts your existing videos and images, not just Loom links.
• Record from Chrome - A new dashboard button starts a recording with the Cap Chrome extension if you have it installed.

Downloading a Cap is now a proper menu instead of a single button, on both the share page and the editor.

Features

• Choose your quality - Pick between the processed video or the original recording at full quality.
• Download from the editor - Grab a copy of the video without leaving the edit page.
• Respects permissions - Download options only appear for viewers who are allowed to save the video.

Share a whole collection, not just one video. Any space or folder can now be published to a public page that lists all of its Caps.

Features

• One link for many Caps - Publish a space or folder and anyone with the link sees a browsable grid of its videos.
• Optional password - Protect a public collection with a password before anyone can view it.
• Custom branding - Add a logo and choose a grid or list layout for the public page.
• Access controls - Restrict viewing to specific email domains when the audience should stay internal.

Playback speed is now a first-class setting. Viewers get a speed dial on the player, and owners can decide what speed a video starts at.

Features

• Speed dial on the player - Viewers can switch playback speed directly from the share page and embeds.
• Per-video default - Set a default playback speed for an individual Cap in its settings.
• Organization default - Admins can set a default speed for every video in the organization.

Improvements

• Links in comments - URLs pasted into comments are now clickable.

Find any Cap in seconds. Search sits in the dashboard navbar and matches across your videos, so you can stop scrolling through folders to find the one you need.

Share pages no longer wait for uploads. Instant recordings can be watched while the upload is still in progress, and viewers see a live preview even while you are still recording.

Features

• Playback right after stopping - Open the share link the moment you stop recording and the video starts playing while the rest uploads in the background.
• Live preview while recording - Anyone on the share page during an active recording sees the latest footage as it arrives.
• Seamless handoff - When the upload completes, playback switches to the final video without interruption.

You can now edit a Cap after recording it, right from the share page. Trim the start and end, split the video, and cut out the parts you do not want.

Features

• Trim, split, and cut - Remove dead air and mistakes on a simple timeline, then save.
• Rendered in the cloud - Edits are applied server-side, so the shared video updates for every viewer with no re-upload.
• Draft recovery - Unsaved edits are kept in your browser so you can pick up where you left off.

Migrating a whole team from Loom now takes one CSV. Export your library from Loom, upload the file, and Cap imports every video in the background.

Features

• CSV import - Upload a Loom export CSV and Cap maps the columns, then imports each video with its title intact.
• Runs in the background - Large libraries import over time, with progress you can check from the dashboard.
• Keeps owners intact - Videos are assigned to the right teammates as they are imported.

Cap can now store your recordings in Google Drive. Connect Drive as a storage destination and new Caps upload straight into your own Drive, joining custom S3 buckets as a bring-your-own-storage option.

Features

• Connect Google Drive - Link a Drive account and choose it as the destination for new recordings.
• Organization-managed storage - A new storage page in organization settings lets admins set where the whole team's Caps are stored.
• Share pages unchanged - Links, playback, and transcripts work the same wherever the video lives.

Moving from Loom no longer means leaving your library behind. Paste a Loom link and Cap imports the video into your account, ready to share from a Cap link.

Features

• One-link import - Paste a Loom video URL and Cap downloads and re-hosts it for you.
• Everything works - Imported videos get share pages, transcription, and analytics like any other Cap.
• Free Loom downloader - A standalone tool on cap.so lets anyone download their Loom videos, no account required.

Captions are no longer stuck in the language you spoke. Viewers can translate captions on the share page player and watch in the language they prefer.

Features

• Caption translation - Pick a language from the player and captions are translated automatically.
• Context-aware output - Translations use the surrounding transcript for better phrasing than line-by-line conversion.

Self-hosting Cap is now a single command. A new Docker Compose setup brings up the full web app, database, and storage in one go, with rewritten self-hosting docs to match.

Improvements

• docker compose up - One command starts everything Cap needs to run on your own infrastructure.
• Clearer docs - The self-hosting guide has been rewritten with the new setup, including configuration and upgrade notes.