Features
Everything a great screen video needs.
Record, let Dolly do the camera work, cut what you don't need, and export or share a link. Made on your own Mac.
Click anything.
Dolly zooms in.
Auto zoom follows every click and keystroke. Keep it, nudge it, or drag your own.
Display, window or areaRecord a whole screen, one app window, or a rectangle you draw. 60 fps at full Retina resolution.Click a window to record itEvery window lights up as you point at it, with its app and size. Click, and the countdown starts.iPhone and iPad · Coming soonRecording a phone or tablet over a cable, in a device frame drawn by Dolly. Not in the app yet.Microphone and system audioBoth stay in sync with your screen. The mic starts on once macOS allows it.Pause, restart, cancelA small floating pill with a timer, and a red timer in the menu bar. Restart a take without losing your setup.Keys in the recording bar1, 2, 3 and 4 pick the source, C and M the camera and mic, Enter records. Start and stop anywhere with ⇧⌘2.The same area againArea opens with your last frame selected: Record, Enter, and you're rolling.Your last lookA new recording starts with the background, frame and cursor you used last.
TeleprompterYour script in a glass card right under the camera. It scrolls at your pace and holds when you pause. ⇧⌘1.Only you see itThe script, the pill and the drawing tools are Dolly's own windows, and Dolly leaves them out of the video.Draw on screenPen, highlighter, arrow and box in five colours, with ⇧⌘D. Lines fade after 3, 5 or 10 seconds.Drawings stay editableMove, recolour, retime or delete every drawing afterwards. Zooms and cuts apply to it like to the cursor.
Auto zoomYour clicks become smooth zooms you can keep, move, resize or delete.Manual zoomPress Z, drag it over any moment, pick a spot or let it follow your cursor.LoupeMagnify one detail in a lens while the rest stays visible.Motion stylesFocused, balanced or smooth springs, or an instant cut. Optional motion blur.Smooth in the preview tooZooms and pans glide in the editor exactly as they will in the export, without the shake of an uneven playback clock.
25 cursor setsmacOS colours, Classic PC, Sketch, Pixel, Candy, a Dolly mascot and more. Sharp at any zoom.SmoothingThe shake in your hand disappears; the movement stays yours.From click to clickThe cursor glides from click to click and aimless movement is left out. The camera follows the clean path.Click sounds, or your ownPick a click sound or drop in your own. Double clicks are merged into one.Hide and loopHide the cursor when it rests or while you type, or send it home at the end.
Cut with one keyPress S to split, delete to remove, and the gap closes itself. Q and W trim to the playhead.Cut a middle partDrag across the clips and press ⌫, or mark it with I and O. Two actions, and ⌘Z brings it back.Speed without chipmunks0.5× slow motion to 24× fast-forward per clip, in one click. Voices keep their pitch.Many takes, one videoPut several recordings after each other on one timeline.Auto edit, freeOne click cuts the pauses, speeds up the typing and tidies the zooms. ⌘Z undoes it.
Title cards, text and arrowsInsert title and end cards, text, arrows, boxes and numbered steps, with your logo, colour and font.
Music, or your ownTwelve built-in tracks, or bring your own music file.Music ducks under voiceThe music gets quieter while you speak, by itself.Streaming loudnessEvery export plays at -16 LUFS, the level YouTube and Slack play at, so a quiet mic isn't too soft.Clean up voiceHum filter, noise gate and leveling, on your own Mac.
Transcript tabYour words next to the video. Select a few and press ⌫ to cut them; the timeline closes up.Remove ums and long pausesOne button cuts um, uh and “you know”, and shortens long pauses to a breath.Title, summary and chaptersSuggested from what you said, on your Mac. A Dolly link gets them too.Captions on your MacTranscribed on device, styled, burned in, translated or exported as an SRT file.Script as captionsRecorded with the teleprompter? Your exact words become the captions.Search by what was saidHome finds a recording by a word you said, its chapters or its script.
Camera layoutsA bubble, side by side, or camera only, per clip, animated between them.
Camera backgroundKeep it, blur it or remove it, on your own Mac.
All in syncCamera, microphone and your Mac's sound on one clock.Device framesPut your recording in a browser window or a MacBook, light or dark.
Private detailsDolly finds emails, API keys, phone and card numbers on screen and blurs them in one click.
Blur and highlightBlur private data, or dim everything except what matters.
CropCut away the parts of the screen you don't need.
GIF export480, 720 or 1080 px wide, with frame rate and looping. Pro and Lifetime.⌘K command menuOne search field for every editor action, with its shortcut. Type, press Enter.
Right-click everythingMenus on clips, zooms, masks, text, the timeline and the preview.
Preview at any speedHover the timeline to see that moment, play at 0.5× to 2×, zoom the preview.Updates itselfNew versions install with one click. Every update is free.
MP4 up to 4K720p or 1080p on Free, with a small Made with Dolly logo in the corner; 1440p and 4K without the logo on Pro. 24, 30 or 60 fps. ⌘E opens Export, ⌘E again exports.Vertical that follows the action9:16, 4:5, 3:4 or 1:1 fill the frame and follow your clicks, cursor and typing.Also export verticalA second 9:16 file in the same run, never upscaled past what your recording holds.Fast and localEncoded on your Mac's media engine, not in a queue.To the clipboard⇧⌘E renders and copies the video in one go. Paste the real file into Slack, Mail or Notion.Quick sharePress Stop and the video is on your clipboard, sized for where it's going.Interactive demoTurn a recording into a clickable step-by-step demo, like Arcade: one step per click, captions from what you said. Save a folder or get a demo link.
Get linkA short link on your clipboard right away, ⇧⌘L in the editor. It plays as soon as the video is ready. Up to 10 active links on Free, unlimited on Pro.Stop → linkSet After recording to Get link: ⇧⌘2 stops, and the link is on your clipboard in under a second.A calm page for viewersThe video, its chapters and comments at a moment. No login to watch, comment or react.Insights, comments, settingsEvery link has its own page in Dolly: who watched how far (Pro), replies as the creator, and every setting.Password, expiry, buttonOn Pro, lock a link, let it expire, or add a button like Book a call and your own branding. Downloads can be switched off.Same link, new videoUpdate the video under a link; its comments, reactions and views stay.Video repliesViewers can answer with a short screen or camera recording, right under your video. No account needed to reply.
Sharper text, measuredSame recordings, same scale: in our test Dolly kept 0.79–0.95 of the original detail, Screen Studio 0.58–0.76.Zooms that start from restDolly’s camera eases in from a standstill instead of jumping to speed in the first frame.Checked a second wayAn independent measure, VMAF, agrees on every moment we could compare: 88–96 for Dolly, 49–82 for Screen Studio.Link copies stay sharpThe web copy behind a Dolly link keeps nearly all of the full export’s sharpness.
While you record
Say it right. Point it out.
A teleprompter right under your camera, and a pen to circle what matters while you talk. Neither one is burned into your video.
- Script ⇧⌘1Paste what you want to say. It scrolls at your pace, holds when you pause, and never shows up in the recording. Later, your script can become the captions, word for word.
- Draw ⇧⌘DPen, highlighter, arrow and box in five colours. Lines fade after a few seconds, and stay editable afterwards: move, recolour or remove them.
Dolly links
Stop, and the link is already copied.
Set After recording to Get link and one shortcut does it all: ⇧⌘2 stops, and the share link is on your clipboard in under a second while the video uploads behind it. Viewers get a calm page that plays as soon as it's ready.
- Comments at a moment in the video, no login for viewers
- Viewers can reply with a short video of their own
- Up to 10 active links on Free, unlimited on Pro
- Pro adds insights, a password, an expiry date and a button of your own
Fewer clicks
From idea to link. Mostly one key.
Dolly remembers your last area and your last look, so the next take starts where the last one ended. The rest is on the keyboard.
⇧⌘2Record. Stop. Link.Set After recording to Get link, and stopping puts the share link on your clipboard in under a second.
123Pick the sourceDisplay, window or area, right in the recording bar. C and M switch the camera and microphone.
2clickClick the windowEvery window lights up on screen. Click the one you want and the countdown starts.
IO⌫Cut a middle partMark the start and the end, then delete. Or drag across the clips and press ⌫.
⌘EExportOpens Export. Press it again to export with what the panel shows.
⇧⌘EExport to the clipboardRenders and copies the video in one go. Paste it anywhere.
⇧⌘LGet link from the editorThe 1080p web copy uploads; the link is on your clipboard while it does.
⌘KEverything elseOne search field for every editor action, with its shortcut.
Every format
Record once. Post everywhere.
Wide for YouTube, square for LinkedIn, tall for Reels and TikTok. In a tall video, Dolly fills the frame and follows the action: your clicks, your cursor, the text you type.
- Also export vertical: a second 9:16 file in the same run
- Captions and keys stay clear of where Reels and TikTok put their buttons
- Never upscaled: Dolly exports the detail your recording really holds
- MP4 up to 4K at 60 fps, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 4:5, 3:4 or 9:16
Dolly Pro · Connect your AI
Your AI makes the video. With a voice-over.
Dolly Pro speaks MCP, the protocol AI assistants use to work with apps. Ask Claude or Cursor for explainer videos of your app: it writes the plan, and Dolly records, narrates, zooms and hands you a finished series. On your Mac, over a local connection.
ClaudeClaude CodeCursorChatGPT · soon
Cursor
Your hand shakes. Your cursor won't.
Dolly redraws your cursor from scratch: smooth, sharp at any zoom, and exactly the size you want.
- Smooth movement, with three styles from calm to snappy
- 25 cursor sets, from macOS colours to Pixel and Candy
- Click sounds, or your own
- Double clicks merged, so it looks deliberate
Beautiful by default.
Every recording lands on a background, with padding and rounded corners.
Coming next. Built in public.
Not in Dolly yet, and we won't pretend it is. Dolly is made by a tiny team, in the open; the changelog will say when.
WindowsRecord in your browserIntel MacsChatGPT for Connect your AI
Use cases
One thing, done really well. Every screen video.
Dolly only does screen recording. That turns out to be the heart of most videos people make about software.
Roll camera.
Screen Studio quality. Free. No 5-minute limit.
First time: open Dolly, click Done, then System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway (macOS 13–14: right-click Dolly → Open). Once only. Installation help