Install crowd-cast

crowd-cast ships as a single binary with screen-capture (libobs) embedded, so you don’t need to install OBS or anything else separately. Pick your platform below.

Download for macOS Download for Windows Download for Linux

You can always grab the latest builds from the GitHub releases page.

macOS

1. Open CrowdCast.dmg and drag the app to your Applications folder.

2. Launch CrowdCast from Applications. The setup wizard opens automatically on first run.

3. Grant the two macOS permissions the wizard asks for:

   • Screen Recording: required to capture windows.
   • Accessibility: required to record keyboard and mouse input.

4. Choose your preferences (apps to record, start-at-login). See First-run setup for the full walkthrough.

5. Click Done. The app restarts and appears as a small icon in your menu bar, and recording starts automatically. To attribute your contributions, open the tray menu and choose Sign in with Google (the wizard does not prompt for this).

Note

On first launch, crowd-cast downloads its capture components once (this needs internet, and a notification shows while it runs). After that they’re cached, and updates install automatically in the background.

Windows

1. Run crowd-cast-setup.exe. The installer places the app under your user profile, with no admin rights or UAC prompt required.

2. SmartScreen warning: because the app isn’t yet widely distributed, Windows may show “Windows protected your PC”. Click More info, then Run anyway.

3. Choose your preferences (apps to record, start-at-login). See First-run setup for details.

4. On first launch, crowd-cast downloads its capture components automatically (one-time, needs internet). The app relaunches itself when done. This takes about 30 to 60 seconds.

   Caution

   Don’t close the app during the first-launch download. If it is interrupted, delete the install folder at %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\crowd-cast and re-run the installer.

5. After the relaunch, crowd-cast appears in your system tray (bottom-right, near the clock), and recording starts automatically. To attribute your contributions, open the tray menu and choose Sign in with Google (the wizard does not prompt for this).

Linux

1. Run the published installer:

   curl -fsSL https://github.com/p-doom/crowd-cast/releases/latest/download/install-linux.sh | bash

   If the installer reports that a required tool is missing, install that package with your distro’s package manager and run the command again.

2. Open crowd-cast from your app menu.

3. Follow the setup wizard. If it tells you to log out and back in, do that once, then open crowd-cast again.

4. Choose the apps you want to record and finish setup.

Supported Linux sessions

Linux support currently covers GNOME on Wayland and sway. On other Linux desktops or sessions, setup stops and asks you to log into a supported session.

Open apps before setup

The app picker only lists applications that are open when setup starts. If an app is missing, open it, quit and relaunch crowd-cast, then pick it.

Next step

Once installed, continue to First-run setup to grant permissions and choose which apps to record, then sign in from the tray.