Performance you don't have to think about.
Zero-lag capture
One key to keep it
Featherweight
Tune everything
Yours, locally
Lives in your tray
Every clip, right where you left it.
Left-click the tray icon and your clips are there — thumbnails, game tags, and a built-in player. Save a clip mid-game and the notification takes you straight to it, already playing.
- Filter by game and date, search, sort
- Built-in player — 0.5× to 2× speed, arrow-key seeking
- Rename, reveal in Explorer, recycle — no file manager needed
- Keyboard-first: Enter plays · F2 renames · Del deletes
Recording you never have to start.
It's always buffering
From the moment you launch, Bower holds a rolling window of your screen and audio in memory — the last three minutes, on a loop.
You press the hotkey
When something happens worth keeping, hit your shortcut. No need to have hit record beforehand — the moment is already in the buffer.
It's saved instantly
Bower flushes the buffer to a clip file in milliseconds. Play it back in the library, share it, or forget it — it's just a file in your folder.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Bower is completely free to download and use on Windows 10 and 11, with no account and no subscription.
Bower keeps a rolling buffer of your screen and audio in the background. Press the Home hotkey and the previous moments are saved instantly to your device — there is nothing to scrub or export.
Yes. Bower can capture system and microphone audio alongside your screen, and you can turn audio capture on or off in the settings.
No. Bower is local-first. Your recordings, clips, and settings stay on your device and are never uploaded to any Bower server. The app only reaches the internet to check for updates.
Bower is built in Rust and uses less than 1% CPU while idle in the system tray, so it can run continuously without slowing down games or other apps.
Bower runs on 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 with a DirectX 11 capable GPU and about 120 MB of free disk space. The installer is under 30 MB.
Keep your next great moment.
One installer, under 30 MB. You'll be clipping in under a minute.
- Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
- DirectX 11 GPU
- 120 MB free disk
Free, forever — no account, no upsell. If Bower saved you a moment worth keeping, buy me a coffee.