Can we rebuild it?

Can we rebuild Awesome Screen Recorder & Screenshot?

Build a Chrome extension like Awesome Screen Recorder & Screenshot — a Awesome Screen Recorder & Screenshot alternative you own.

You can build your own Awesome Screen Recorder & Screenshot Chrome extension to capture tabs, record videos, and annotate captures without relying on third-party cloud limits. It serves as a private, lightweight alternative that stores files directly on your local machine or your own cloud storage.

The listing record

What Awesome Screen Recorder & Screenshot does

Want to share your screen for cases like reporting technical issues, making product demos or how-to tutorials? Here are reasons to choose Awesome Screen Recorder & Screenshot 1⃣ Provide stable service for more than 10 years 2⃣ Loved by more than 3 millions users across different platforms 3⃣ Local Screen Recorder & Cloud Screen recorder 2 in 1 4⃣ Screenshot / Screen capture & Screen recorder 2 in 1 5⃣ Quick Customer support 6⃣ Powerful features special designed for work and educational scenarios 7⃣ No ads and respect your privacy 8⃣ Easy to use 9⃣ Instant sharing your screenshots and screen recordings Most importantly, your voice matters! & Continuous improvements Even more, Awesome Screenshot enables you to capture and share your full chat in ChatGPT effortlessly!

What the store says

★ 4.7 from 30K ratings · 4M users

Pulled live from the Chrome Web Store listing at analysis time.

Can PlugThis rebuild Awesome Screen Recorder & Screenshot?

What you'd plug into

Why build your own Awesome Screen Recorder & Screenshot alternative

• Unlimited recording length without subscription tiers
• Zero watermarks and total privacy over captured media
• Direct auto-upload to your own Supabase storage or cloud drive
• Custom annotation presets and direct export formats

What it costs vs what you'd save

The starter prompt

Build a screen recording and screenshot extension with a popup menu offering 'Capture Visible Part', 'Capture Full Page', and 'Record Screen'. Include an annotation editor on an HTML5 canvas for screenshots (arrows, text, crop, blur) and enable direct downloads or cloud uploads to Supabase.

Features you could add that Awesome Screen Recorder & Screenshot doesn't have

Because you own the code, these are a follow-up prompt away — tap one to add it to the prompt above.

• Instant Share Links — Automatically upload recordings to Supabase Storage and copy a public share URL to your clipboard.
  + add to prompt
• One-Click Sensitive Data Blurring — Auto-detect and blur email addresses, tokens, and credit card numbers on captured web pages.
  + add to prompt

Questions about rebuilding Awesome Screen Recorder & Screenshot

How to build it yourself

1. 1
   Open PlugThis and start a new build

   Head to PlugThis and start a new Chrome extension. You're describing a Awesome Screen Recorder & Screenshot alternative you'll own outright — no store subscription.

2. 2
   Paste the starter prompt

   Paste the starter prompt above. PlugThis expands it into a full Manifest V3 extension — popup, content scripts, and service worker included.

3. 3
   Connect your own keys

   Wire in Supabase Storage using your own account — the build uses your credentials, so there's no per-seat fee.

4. 4
   Review, tweak, and load it

   Review the generated code, ask for tweaks in plain English, then download and load the unpacked extension in Chrome to try it.

5. 5
   Publish it (optional)

   When you're happy, publish your Awesome Screen Recorder & Screenshot alternative to the Chrome Web Store — or just keep it as a private tool for yourself.

More teardowns

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