Session recording
Capture exactly what happened in a session as a shareable video — the whole window, or just one tile.
Record a session to a video file you can browse, rename, and download — handy for sharing a repro, a demo, or a teammate handoff.
Record the whole window
Window recording captures the entire taiku window or browser tab, including your layout, toolbars, and any panels you open. Reach for it when you want a complete record of a session.
To start:
- Press Ctrl+Alt+R (macOS: Cmd+Option+R), or open the command palette and choose Start Window Recording.
- In the browser, pick the taiku tab or window when your system asks what to share. In the desktop app, capture starts right away.
- A recording indicator appears. Pause or stop it from the command palette whenever you like.
Record a single tile
Tile recording captures just one region of your workspace — a terminal, a peek panel, a tunnel preview, or any tiled area. Use it for a focused clip of a single workflow without the rest of the interface in frame.
To start:
- Open the command palette and choose Start Tile Recording.
- Click the tile you want to record. It (and anything split inside it) gets a highlight showing the capture region.
- Recording begins, capturing only what is inside that tile.
If you resize the tile mid-recording, the capture region follows it. You can pause, resume, and stop at any time; paused time does not count toward the final clip, so the result reflects actual content.
Browser vs. desktop
| Aspect | Browser | Desktop app |
|---|---|---|
| Starting capture | You pick a tab or window to share | Starts immediately, no picker |
| Startup speed | Slightly slower | Faster, native capture |
| Where clips land | Uploaded to the shared session gallery | Saved on that machine's local disk |
| Who can see them | Everyone in the session | Only on the device that recorded |
Every recording carries a small taiku.live watermark, burned in as it
captures.
The gallery
Finished recordings show up in the recording gallery. Browser recordings are uploaded to the session, so everyone in the room can find them in the shared gallery. Desktop recordings stay on the machine that made them and appear in that device's local gallery — so a desktop clip is not automatically shared with every participant.
Rename & download
Open the gallery to manage your captures. From there you can give a recording a clearer name and download the video file to keep, edit, or share it elsewhere.