Recordly 1.3.5 Beta 2 is now available, giving creators, developers, and educators a new test build of the open source screen recording and editing app. The release focuses heavily on reliability, recording behavior, webcam handling, export correctness, captions, and project safety rather than adding one single headline feature.
Recordly is designed as an all in one screen recording and editing tool for people who want polished videos without using a complicated production suite. It can record a full display or a single app window, capture microphone and system audio, and then let you edit the result on a timeline. The app also includes motion driven features such as automatic zoom suggestions, smooth cursor effects, click effects, webcam overlays, annotations, speed regions, and crop aware adjustments.
The software is free and open source, with no paywalls or hidden limits. That makes it especially useful for tutorial makers, developers recording demos, educators preparing lessons, and anyone who wants to create clean presentation videos without paying for a subscription.
The beta improves recording reliability, captions, webcam behavior, and export handling
The 1.3.5 Beta 2 release includes a large group of fixes merged through recent development work. The update improves recording and HUD behavior, webcam preview reliability, audio handling, export correctness, project persistence, and Marketplace failure handling. It also upgrades the app to Electron 43 and updates Windows native build compatibility.
Because this is a beta, there is one important warning for Windows testers. The installer is unsigned and may trigger Microsoft Defender SmartScreen. Anyone testing the release should verify downloads against the SHA256SUMS.txt file before installing.
| Area | What Recordly 1.3.5 Beta 2 improves |
|---|---|
| Recording | Fixes HUD, capture, and webcam reliability issues |
| Audio | Addresses duplicate microphone audio and companion audio refresh problems |
| Captions | Adds editable caption timeline and sidecar SRT/VTT export options |
| Zoom tools | Improves auto zoom behavior and animated zoom transitions |
| Windows capture | Uses WGC for window capture |
| Project safety | Adds atomic project saves and safer import/save flow |
| Export | Preserves cropped aspect ratio and handles large local media better |
| Security and stability | Constrains renderer navigation, child windows, and capture permissions |
| Platform updates | Moves to Electron 43 and improves Windows native build support |
Caption support is one of the more practical improvements. Recordly now includes work around editable caption timelines and sidecar subtitle exports, letting you export SRT or VTT files alongside the video. That is useful for creators who publish tutorials or training videos and want captions available separately for platforms, editing tools, or accessibility workflows.
The beta also improves click effects, auto zoom, FPS and bitrate behavior, and zoom region transitions. These features are important because Recordly’s main appeal is not only recording the screen, but making the final video look more deliberate. Auto zooms, cursor smoothing, click effects, and animated transitions can make software demos easier to follow without forcing the creator to manually edit every movement.
Several fixes target webcam and audio behavior. The update stabilizes webcam frame sync, keeps the live webcam preview visible, and avoids doubled microphone audio in some macOS recording situations. It also fixes preview source audio stopping around the 20 second mark because of unreliable duration reporting.
Project reliability also gets attention. The app now makes project saves atomic, which should reduce the risk of corrupted saves if something goes wrong during writing. Marketplace outages are handled more safely, and browser recordings are confined to the recordings directory. These are the kind of changes that matter when people use the app for real work rather than quick tests.
Export handling has also been improved. Recordly now keeps large local media on the streaming path, preserves cropped native aspect ratios, and preserves Pixi fallback after renderer initialization failure. These changes should make final output more dependable, especially for larger or more complex edits.
Recordly 1.3.5 Beta 2 is not a polished stable milestone, and the unsigned Windows installer makes that clear. But as a beta, it shows strong progress. The app is becoming more reliable across recording, editing, captions, webcam overlays, and export workflows. For creators who want an open source screen recorder with built in editing and motion tools, this release is worth testing carefully.
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