Screen recorder Chrome extension
Some bugs take three paragraphs to describe and twelve seconds to show. tautau records any Chrome tab, video and audio together, straight from the extension popup. Flip a toggle and your webcam joins in as a bubble in the corner. When you stop, the recording is already online with a link that plays for anyone: no viewer accounts, no attachments, no upload step.
How it works
- Add tautau to Chrome. One click from the Chrome Web Store. Recording lives in the extension popup, so there is nothing new to install later.
- Start a recording. Open the popup on the tab you want to capture and hit record. The camera-bubble toggle decides whether your webcam appears, circle-cropped in the corner with a purple ring. It is on by default.
- Stop, then share the link. The video finishes uploading in the background and lands on your dashboard with a tautau.xyz/r/… link. Anyone with the link can watch, signed in or not.
What you get
- Tab video and audio in one file: the capture takes both together, so narrated demos, app sounds, and embedded media all survive. What you hear in the tab is what the viewer hears.
- Camera bubble: your webcam, circle-cropped and ringed in purple, composited into the corner of the recording while you narrate. One toggle in the popup, on by default, and the recording proceeds with or without it if the camera is unavailable.
- Instant share links: every recording gets a tautau.xyz/r/… link that plays for anyone. There is no viewer account and no public listing; the link itself is the permission. Delete the recording and the link stops working.
- A dashboard, not a downloads folder: rename recordings inline, download the original .webm, or delete, all from /recordings. Minute and storage meters show exactly where you stand against your plan.
- One extension, three jobs: the same install also dictates into any text field and transcribes pasted YouTube or podcast links. Recording minutes are a separate pool from dictation minutes.
What it does not do
Recording covers a Chrome tab, not your whole desktop or other apps. There is no editor: trimming happens in whatever video tool you already use, on the .webm you download. Recordings are not transcribed yet either; the transcription side of tautau currently handles dictation and pasted YouTube or podcast links. If you need viewer analytics, comments on the video page, or team workspaces, a fuller tool like Loom is the honest recommendation, and we wrote the comparison at tautau vs Loom.
What it costs
A free account gets 25 recording minutes a month and 500 MB of storage, no credit card, and the minutes refresh monthly. Base is $3 a month for 300 minutes and 5 GB; Pro is $9 for 1,500 minutes and 25 GB. Recording quotas are independent of dictation, which has its own free allowance of 5 dictations a day. Details and checkout live on the pricing page.
Privacy
Recordings are private by default: the random link is the only way in, nothing is listed or indexed, and deleting a recording removes the video and revokes its link. Sign-in is by Google or email, payments are handled by Stripe, and we never see card numbers. The full policy is at tautau.xyz/privacy.
Frequently asked questions
Is it free?
Yes. A free account gets 25 recording minutes a month and 500 MB of storage, no credit card, and the allowance refreshes every month. If you record more than that, Base is $3 a month for 300 minutes and 5 GB, and Pro is $9 for 1,500 minutes and 25 GB. Dictation minutes are a separate pool, so recording never eats your voice typing quota.
Does it record tab audio as well as video?
Yes. The capture takes the tab’s video and audio together, so narrated walkthroughs, app sounds, and embedded media all come through. If you also flip on the camera bubble (on by default, toggle in the extension popup), your webcam is composited in as a circle in the corner with a purple ring while you talk.
Do viewers need an account to watch?
No. Every recording gets a link, tautau.xyz/r/ followed by a random id, and anyone holding that link can watch in a browser, signed in or not. The link is the only way in: recordings are never listed publicly, and deleting a recording from your dashboard revokes its link immediately.
Can it record my whole screen or other apps?
No, and that is worth knowing up front. tautau records a Chrome tab, not your desktop, a second monitor, or a native app. For tab-shaped work (bug reports, product demos, walkthroughs of anything that lives in a browser) that is usually exactly the frame you want. If you need full-screen capture, a desktop recorder is the right tool.
Where do recordings live and how do I manage them?
On your dashboard at tautau.xyz/recordings. From there you can rename a recording inline, download the original .webm file, or delete it. Two usage meters show your recording minutes for the month and your total storage, so the free tier never surprises you.
Record your next explanation instead of typing it
Install takes about a minute, and the free tier gives you 25 recording minutes a month with 500 MB of storage, no credit card. Coming from Loom? The side-by-side comparison is at /loom-alternative.