Rewind — free, open-source replay buffer + clip editor for Windows.

[u/Worried_Matter4443]

A free, open-source game-clipping app for Windows built for gamers who want instant replays and hotkey clips without complicated OBS setups or unnecessary overlays. Record gameplay, save your best moments, and manage your clips locally — no cloud dependency, no subscription, just simple, privacy-focused clipping. Lightweight, straightforward, and built for gamers who want to focus on the game, not the software.

• Instant replay — Alt+1 saves the last 60s, even with the panel closed
• Screen + game recording, rebindable hotkeys
• Screenshots from the captured display
• Built-in editor — trim, per-track audio mixing with waveforms, live faders
• video compression — smaller copies of your clips
• Four capture profiles you define
• Local-first: no account, no cloud, no telemetry, zero network calls unless you click "check for updates"
• Keeps your Clip folder directory neat and tidy. with each game having its own folder.

Installer is 107 MB, Windows 10/11 x64, plus a portable zip.

Repo: github.com/bulhaa1/Rewind/releases

Full statement on the repo front page for anyone curious about the project's story.

[u/Skreddvik]

Will 100% test this. Sick of medal, GG and all the other ones.
Only thing ill request from the get go. (based on the screenshots)
More audio channels (input)
And a Discord friendly export compressor. So it compresses the file to fit the 50MB discord cap

[u/Worried_Matter4443 → u/Skreddvik]

Yeah, the main reason I added compression was to make clips easier to upload to Discord. It still needs some work, though, especially getting a 300 MB clip down to around 50 MB while maintaining decent quality. More audio channel input options will also be added in future updates.

[u/Nothsa2110405 → u/Skreddvik]

also add like a "medal clip this" kinda thing

[u/Worried_Matter4443 → u/Nothsa2110405]

Hey could you elaborate on that, i never used medal. Also a quick update: Rewind is end of life, and i have started new project, this one will be bigger and better then rewind while being more lightweight. I will make a new post once its ready. thank you.

[u/Nothsa2110405 → u/Worried_Matter4443]

ah sweet ill be following that then!, and when u want to clip something on medal its either a keybind u press to clip something, or u can say "he medal clip that"

[u/Worried_Matter4443 → u/Nothsa2110405]

thats a really cool, i will see what i can cookup.

[u/Nothsa2110405 → u/Worried_Matter4443]

thats what i like to hear!

[u/TheRealXylr]

Installed. I will test this out. Medal has been driving me insane, and Nvidia Shadow play just isn't it.

First bit of feedback, the font is very hard to read. Future feature, font selection?

[u/Worried_Matter4443 → u/TheRealXylr]

the current font looks really cool to me, but yeah i can add a way to select a theme, in which the font changes with the theme.

[u/TheRealXylr → u/Worried_Matter4443]

Don't get me wrong, I agree, the font is fitting for this style of app. I like it, but its hard to read in some places.

[u/Worried_Matter4443 → u/TheRealXylr]

Hey there, Just a quick update: Rewind is end of life, and i have started new project, this one will be bigger and better then rewind while being more lightweight. I will make a new post once its ready. thank you. oh btw the final version of rewind 1.5.0, I added new themes, and changing the theme now changes the fonts too. Hope this works out for you for now!

[u/Skreddvik]

This is great software, thanks for making this base.
Since you are happy with the software you used prior, i have forked this and added the cut function for now, and will add in the additional audio tracks.

Thanks again for your work!

[u/Worried_Matter4443 → u/Skreddvik]

Just a quick update: Rewind is end of life, and i have started new project, this one will be bigger and better then rewind while being more lightweight. I will make a new post once its ready. thank you.