What is Kap?
A desktop screen recorder that captures video and exports it as GIF, MP4, WebM, or APNG, with support for audio, click highlighting, and trimming.
What Kap does
The capabilities that matter for gif tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Architecture model
- Desktop local application
- Screen recording direct to gif capture
- ✓
- Lossy compression and frame rate reduction algorithms
- -
- Webp and mp4 modern format export support
- -
- Standardized meme text macro library and templates
- -
- Video to gif conversion trimming and cropping
- ✓
- AI background removal for transparent stickers
- -
- Custom watermark stamping for brand protection
- -
- Slack discord and imessage native integration
- -
- Frame by frame canvas drawing and pixel editing
- -
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- Gpl or permissive oss license
- ✓
- Pricing model
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- macOS
Integrations (1)
Independently observed- Giphy•
Kap alternatives
Other gif tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- KapwingBrowser-based multimedia creation platform for teams to produce videos, images, and audio contentlow · 26%
- Make A GIFCreate and share animated GIFs from videos, images, YouTube links, and webcam footagelow · 37%
- GifoxA macOS desktop application for recording screen activity and converting it into animated GIFs with editing and sharing capabilitieslow · 9%
- ScreenToGifDesktop screen recording software with simultaneous multi-source audio capture and built-in editing toolslow · 25%
- PeekA lightweight screen recording tool for creating animated GIFs and silent videoslow · 29%
Compare Kap
Side by side against other gif tools, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Kap, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.05 | 2.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 9 | 0.04 | 0.4 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing transparency | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Architecture model: desktop_local_application · Gpl or permissive oss license: Yes · Screen recording direct to gif capture: Yes · Video to gif conversion trimming and cropping: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-01 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-09-01 · 60% |