Overview

crowd-cast is a desktop agent that records paired screencast video and keyboard/mouse input for the applications you choose, building an open dataset of real human computer work for research. It runs quietly in your menu bar (macOS) or system tray, captures only the apps you select, pauses when you step away, and uploads finished segments in the background.

It’s a single binary with libobs embedded, so there’s nothing else to install.

Install crowd-cast First-run setup

Get crowd-cast running in under five minutes

Install the app for your platform.
Walk through the first-run setup: grant permissions, pick the apps to record, and sign in.
You’re recording. Manage everything from the tray menu.

Find your way around

Install & set up

Install crowd-cast on macOS, Windows or Linux, then run the first-run setup.

Use it day to day

Learn the tray menu, how recording & follow-focus work, and how to manage your account and uploads.

Stay in control of your data

See exactly what is and isn’t captured and how to keep private apps out of the recording.

When something's off

Check troubleshooting for fixes and known issues for things we’re already aware of.

Learn more

crowd-cast: Crowd-Sourcing Months-Long Trajectories of Human Computer Work: the research behind the project and how the data is used.
Dashboard: see your contributions and overall collection progress.