Automatic cinematic zoom
Click detection plus real spring physics zoom into the action and ease back out — generated automatically and editable on the timeline. See how automatic zoom works.
Video software for AI coworkers Local on Mac
Make videos with your AI coworker.
Turn recordings into clear demos, tutorials and presentations. Cadre prepares a reviewable brief for ChatGPT Work or Claude Cowork and keeps every edit visible.
$9/month billed yearly · $19/month billed monthly · tax included · macOS 13+
Why Cadre
The live session ends.
The useful content starts.
Cadre gives the person who knows the message control of the finished video—so a launch, tutorial, sales walkthrough or internal update can ship while it is still timely.
How it works
From a rough recording to a finished video
Keep working with the assistant that already knows your brief and audience. Cadre gives it the specialist video tools for the production work.
1
Record or import
Capture your screen, system audio, microphone and camera—or bring in an existing webcast, tutorial or demo recording.
2
Give your assistant the brief
Open Edit with AI, describe the result, then open the prepared request in ChatGPT Work or Claude Cowork. You review and send the draft yourself.
3
Review, revise and deliver
Watch the edit in Cadre, ask for a revision or adjust the timeline yourself, then export a polished H.264 MP4 for your existing publishing workflow.
Cadre at a glance
The product facts, without the pitch
A concise, current reference for teams comparing screen-recording workflows.
- Product
- Local screen recorder and non-destructive video editor built for desktop-assistant workflows.
- Platform
- Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 13 or later. Windows and Intel Macs are not available today.
- Capture and import
- Screen, system audio, microphone and webcam recording; MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV and AVI import.
- Editing
- Editable cuts, speed ramps, automatic click-driven zooms, cursor smoothing, captions, masks, overlays, framing and audio mix.
- Assistant control
- ChatGPT Work and Claude Cowork setup paths connect to the same local 62-tool MCP Agent API. It is a 62-tool Model Context Protocol Agent API that also supports Claude Code, Codex and compatible clients.
- Local processing
- Projects stay on the Mac and Whisper captions run on-device. A connected assistant can request project context through the local tools under its provider's policy.
- Output
- H.264 MP4 at source resolution, 720p or 1080p.
- Access
- Recording, editing and full preview are free. Cadre Pro is required to export.
- Current release
- Cadre 1.1.1 release notes and build verification.
The craft
Polish without the production queue
The recurring craft behind clear company video—automatic where it should be, editable where it matters.
Buttery cursor motion
HID-level cursor tracking is spring-smoothed and re-rendered, so every movement glides instead of jitters.
Camera Only, directed by your coworker
Record a presenter video through your webcam, then ask your assistant to animate the shot with editable reframing, zooms, captions and backgrounds—all built around you.
Keystroke overlays
Shortcuts appear on screen as elegant pills. What you type is never recorded at all — plain keystrokes are dropped as they happen, so a password entered mid-demo never reaches disk.
Backgrounds & frames
Wallpapers, gradients, device frames and soft shadows turn a raw capture into a designed shot.
Cuts & speed ramps
Ripple-delete dead air and ramp playback speed with smooth transitions — tighten a five-minute take to the good parts.
Blur & highlight masks
Hide a secret in a config file or spotlight a region — time-bound masks follow the timeline.
On-device captions
Transcribe locally with Whisper, click any caption to correct it, and choose an Apple-like or custom type style — no audio ever leaves your Mac. Read the local captioning guide.
Export to MP4
Render a crisp H.264 MP4 at source, 720p or 1080p — cuts, zooms, captions and audio mixed down in one pass.
Bring existing footage
Import MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV or AVI footage, generate a private transcript and direct a new cut with the same non-destructive editor.
Speaker notes, outside the frame
Keep a floating script close while you present. Cadre excludes its speaker-notes window from the recording so the delivery stays natural and the frame stays clean.
Camera Only
Record yourself. Let your coworker build the visual story.
Point Cadre at your webcam and talk. There is no screen to share and nothing to design — the camera becomes the frame, styled with the same backgrounds, corner radius and shadow Cadre gives a screen recording.
Then describe what should appear beside you. Your assistant adds animated text callouts and SVG graphics on the timeline, and moves the camera between full-frame, a corner and hidden across any span of the take. Every graphic is an ordinary timeline segment: you can retime it, move it, restyle it or delete it, and undo works exactly as it does for your own edits.
- Animated text and SVG overlays with entrance, exit and keyframed motion.
- Camera layout by span — full frame while you introduce, corner while a graphic lands, hidden where it should not be.
- SVG is sanitised on the way in: scripts, event handlers and external references are stripped before anything reaches the timeline.
What you can make
Built around recurring company-video work
One local workflow for the assets marketing, communications, customer education and sales teams produce every week.
Launch videos & webcast replays
Turn a completed session into the concise replay, announcement clip or product walkthrough while the launch is still timely.
Customer tutorials & onboarding
Re-record, tighten and caption a screen-led lesson when the product changes, without routing every update through a video team.
Sales demos & buyer follow-ups
Turn the live walkthrough into a focused recording for everyone who was not in the room, ready to attach to the next step.
Internal communications & training
Make a systems training, process update or screen-led town-hall segment shorter, captioned and easier to watch.
Use your existing assistant
Give ChatGPT Work or Claude Cowork a video job
Open Edit with AI, write an editable brief, and choose your assistant. Cadre opens a draft with the brief and selected project ready for you to review and send. Keep Cadre and the assistant's desktop app open on the same Mac while it works.
- ChatGPT Work: Connect & open installs the local plugin and opens a reviewable request
- Claude Cowork: Set up Cowork prepares one ZIP to upload and enable in Customize → Plugins
- Every assistant-made change remains visible, editable and undoable on the Cadre timeline
- Claude Code, Codex and compatible MCP clients remain available for coding-agent workflows
Cadre includes the video software and local integrations. Model usage comes from your own ChatGPT or Claude account and follows that provider's plan, limits and data policy. Cadre includes no AI credits or hosted inference.
Work and Cowork setup is included. We’re still testing the full editing workflow with fresh accounts.
● Project selected ● Brief ready to review ● ChatGPT Work or Cowork opens › Turn this walkthrough into a concise customer tutorial. Remove the pauses, focus the product and add clear captions.
Pricing
One plan. Pick how you pay.
$9 a month, billed yearly. Or $19 a month, billed monthly. Tax included; every feature is included either way.
Everything included
Cadre Pro
The complete local recorder and cinematic editor for one Mac user.
- Record screen, system audio, mic & webcam
- Automatic cinematic zoom, cuts & speed ramps
- Backgrounds, frames, cursor smoothing & captions
- Unlimited MP4 exports
- Optional plain-language editing with supported assistants
- Every update while you're subscribed
Recording and editing are free — a licence is required to export.
Prices include applicable VAT and sales tax. Billed via Lemon Squeezy, our merchant of record. Cancel renewal anytime.
FAQ
Good questions
What is Cadre for?
Cadre gives the desktop assistant you already use specialist recording and video-editing tools. It helps marketers, customer educators, consultants, trainers and founders turn rough recordings into polished demos, tutorials and presentations on a Mac.
Which assistants work with Cadre?
ChatGPT Work and Claude Cowork are Cadre's primary desktop-assistant paths. Both start from a reviewable draft in Edit with AI and require the assistant desktop app on the same Mac as Cadre. Claude Code, Codex and other compatible MCP clients are also supported.
Does Cadre include AI credits?
No. Cadre sells the recorder, editor, rendering engine and local integrations. You use your own ChatGPT or Claude account, subject to that provider's plan, usage limits and data policy.
Does Cadre host live webinars?
No. Keep using your webcast or meeting platform for the live event. Cadre records a screen-led session or imports the footage afterward, then helps produce the tighter replay, tutorial excerpt or follow-up MP4.
Do the captions really run on my Mac?
Yes. Captions are transcribed with Whisper running locally via whisper.cpp. Cadre extracts and mixes your audio, runs the model on-device, and returns word-timed segments. Your audio never leaves the machine.
Can I record my iPhone or iPad?
Yes — connect the device over USB and mirror it as a recording source. Narration comes from your Mac microphone: a mirrored recording carries no Mac system audio, and Cadre does not capture the device's own sound, so plan to talk over the demo.
What can I export?
Cadre exports a high-quality H.264 MP4 at source resolution, 720p or 1080p, with your cuts, zooms, captions and mixed audio rendered in. More container formats are on the roadmap.
macOS says Cadre "cannot be opened" — is something wrong?
Current Cadre downloads are Developer ID signed and notarized by Apple, so they should open through the normal macOS security flow. If macOS refuses to open Cadre, download the latest copy from cadre.cam, confirm you are using an Apple Silicon Mac with macOS 13 or later, and contact support if the problem continues.
How does pricing work?
Cadre Pro has two tax-inclusive prices: $9 a month, billed as $108 yearly, or $19 a month, billed monthly. Both unlock the whole app — recording, the cinematic editor, optional plain-language editing with supported assistants and unlimited MP4 export. Billing runs through Lemon Squeezy as merchant of record, and you can cancel renewal whenever you like.
Can an agent add motion graphics to a camera-only recording?
Yes. Record Camera Only and the webcam becomes the frame, styled like any other Cadre shot. Your agent can then add animated text callouts and SVG graphics beside you, and move the camera between full frame, a corner and hidden across any span of the take. Every graphic lands on the timeline as an ordinary segment you can retime, restyle or delete, and SVG markup is sanitised before it is accepted — scripts, event handlers and external references are stripped.
Is there a one-time purchase?
Cadre Pro is a subscription: $9 a month billed as $108 yearly, or $19 a month billed monthly. Any one-time Lifetime licence is listed in the pricing card on this page, with its price and exactly which updates it includes. If you do not see one there, it is not currently on sale — rather than promise a date, the option simply appears when it exists.
Can I try it before I pay?
Yes. Recording and editing are free, with no trial clock to manage — record as much as you like, cut it, zoom it, caption it, and watch the finished result in the preview. A licence is required to export the video. So you decide with the finished thing in front of you, not a feature list. If you would rather commit a month at a time, the tax-inclusive $19 monthly plan does that; switch to yearly once it earns its place, and cancel renewal whenever you like.
Which Macs are supported?
macOS 13 (Ventura) or later on Apple Silicon (M-series). Screen Recording and Accessibility permissions are requested the first time you record. Intel support is on the roadmap.
Does Cadre work on Windows?
Not yet. Cadre is available today for Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 13 or later. A Windows version is planned.
Buy & download
Download for macOSmacOS 13+ · Apple Silicon (M-series) · Developer ID signed and Apple-notarized.
Buy Cadre Pro, then download the app and activate it with your licence key.
Prefer Homebrew? Install from Cadre's first-party tap: brew install --cask ArthurBrioche/cadre/cadre.
First launch: Cadre is Developer ID signed and notarized by Apple.
- Open the DMG and drag Cadre to Applications.
- Open Cadre normally from Applications.
- Allow Screen Recording, Microphone and Accessibility access when macOS asks, then restart Cadre.
These permissions let Cadre capture your screen and audio and place recorded interactions accurately. You remain in control of them in System Settings.