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.

If you want to build your own Awesome Screen Recorder & Screenshot alternative, you can create a fully custom Chrome extension in one session. Modern web APIs provide direct access to screen capture and video recording, allowing you to bypass third-party restrictions.

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

• No recording duration or upload count limits
• Direct uploads to your own cloud storage (Supabase or S3)
• Total privacy with no third-party servers seeing your recordings
• Tailored annotation tools built specifically for your workflow

What it costs vs what you'd save

The starter prompt

Build a Chrome extension that captures full-page or visible screenshots and records tab or desktop video with microphone audio using MediaRecorder. Include an annotation canvas to crop, draw, and blur screenshots, and allow users to save files locally or upload them to Supabase Storage.

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 Cloud Link Generator — Uploads the recorded video to Supabase Storage and copies a shareable public URL to your clipboard immediately.
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• Canvas Annotation Overlay — Draw arrows, blur sensitive text, and add callouts to screenshots before saving.
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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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