# BililiveRecorder (open-source video and screen recording app)

> BililiveRecorder is a free, open-source video and screen recording app for Windows, macOS and Linux. GitHub is a global platform, and theoretically, everyone should use English. It has 4,866 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at BililiveRecorder/BililiveRecorder.

GitHub is a global platform, and theoretically, everyone should use English. But since this project is mostly meant for Chinese user and rely on a Chinese website BiliBili (wikipedia), most things related to this project like code comments, documentations and other related repositories are written in Chinese. This README file will always use English so people like you can understand what is this, and perhaps make some use out of it.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/BililiveRecorder/BililiveRecorder |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 4,866 |
| License | GPL-3.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | C# |
| Website | https://rec.danmuji.org |
| Official | yes (published by the project behind the app) |
| Category | Video editing & screen recording |
| Latest release | v2.20.0 (Sep 19, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 19, 2026 |

## Install

Download a build for your system from the project's releases (https://github.com/BililiveRecorder/BililiveRecorder/releases) or website, or build it from source by following the README.

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