Afterclip
Free for Windows · Version 1.4

Save the moment after it happens.

Afterclip is a lightweight game clipper for Windows. It keeps your recent gameplay in a rolling buffer, so when something great happens, one key saves it. Lossless, and out of your way.

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Windows · NVIDIA, AMD and Intel GPUs · Free and open source

The Afterclip panel, showing the buffer and recent clips
No re-encodingClips keep full quality
Up to 120 fpsH.264, HEVC or AV1
5 audio tracksKeep game and voice apart
Tray onlyNo window at startup
How it works

Always ready, never in the way.

There's no need to start recording first. Afterclip is already holding the last few minutes.

  1. Play like normal

    Afterclip spots fullscreen games and hooks them on its own. A rolling buffer keeps your recent gameplay in memory.

  2. Press a key

    Use a hotkey like Alt+Shift+2, a Stream Deck key or a controller combination. A tone and popup confirm the save mid-game.

  3. Share it

    Drag the clip straight into Discord, send it to a saved channel, or make a vertical copy for your phone.

Features

Everything you need around a clip.

Saving, recording, editing and sharing, all in one small app that lives in your tray.

Clip any length

Save the last 15 seconds, 30 minutes, the whole buffer or a custom length. Keep recording after you press, so you catch what happens next too.

Full-session recording

Record whole sessions while the clip buffer keeps running, with no extra encode. Markers become chapters, and long recordings can split on a timer.

Vertical mode

Capture in 9:16 for TikTok and Shorts, all the time or for one game. Your webcam goes across the top with the game below.

Audio that stays separate

Game, mic and apps like Discord each on their own track. Clean Mic removes background noise, and push to talk keeps your mic out until you need it.

Share anywhere

Drag clips into any app, send to named Discord channels, compress to about 100 MB, or trim a range and share just that.

Settings for each game

Give any game its own quality, frame rate and buffer length. Auto-record starts a recording when the game opens and stops when it closes.

Library

A library that keeps itself tidy.

Find any clip by game, name or tag, and scrub through a thumbnail without opening it.

  • Star, rename and tag clips, like #funny, to find them later.
  • A storage limit moves your oldest clips to the Recycle Bin, and never touches favourites.
  • Low disk warnings stop a recording safely before your drive fills.
The library, showing every clip in a grid Audio settings, with sources, volumes and Clean Mic
The editor, with trim handles and a merge timeline
The editor trims and merges clips without re-encoding, and never changes your originals.
Stream Deck

A key for every move.

The free Stream Deck plugin adds keys to save any length, record, take screenshots, mute your mic in clips, send your last clip to Discord and more. Keys show live state, and a saved clip lights up the key.

  • Stream Deck + dials for mic volume and picking a clip length.
  • Two-PC setups: control Afterclip on your gaming PC from your streaming PC.
Afterclip's Stream Deck keys
Download

Get Afterclip.

Free, open source, and it updates itself.

Install on Windows

  1. Download the installer from the latest release.
  2. Run it. Windows asks for permission once.
  3. Afterclip starts in your tray, ready to clip.

The installer isn't code-signed yet, so Windows may show a SmartScreen warning. Choose More info, then Run anyway.

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Stream Deck plugin

Download the .streamDeckPlugin file from the same release and double-click it to install.

Updates

Afterclip downloads new versions itself and waits while you're in a game or recording. It refuses any update that isn't signed.

What's new

See the patch notes for every version.

Never miss the play again.

Install it once and forget about it until the moment comes.

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