# Vidova
> Vidova is an AI screen recorder and video editor for Mac and Windows. It records screen, camera, and microphone, then automatically adds zooms, can follow the cursor, removes filler and pauses, and generates captions and chapters.

## Product
- [Home](https://vidova.ai/): AI screen recorder with automatic zooms
- [Auto zoom screen recorder](https://vidova.ai/auto-zoom-screen-recorder): click-cluster zooms, editable zoom layer
- [Cursor zoom screen recorder](https://vidova.ai/cursor-zoom-screen-recorder): Steadicam, Director, Anchor, Momentum camera paths
- [AI screen recorder](https://vidova.ai/ai-screen-recorder): filler removal, captions, chapters, local export
- [Screen Studio alternative](https://vidova.ai/screen-studio-alternative): Mac and Windows comparison
- [Screen Studio alternative for Windows](https://vidova.ai/screen-studio-alternative-windows): Windows-specific intent
- [Product demos](https://vidova.ai/screen-recorder-for-product-demos)
- [SaaS demos](https://vidova.ai/screen-recorder-for-saas-demos)
- [Tutorials](https://vidova.ai/screen-recorder-for-tutorials)
- [Software demos](https://vidova.ai/screen-recorder-for-software-demos)
- [Windows](https://vidova.ai/screen-recorder-for-windows)
- [Mac](https://vidova.ai/screen-recorder-for-mac)
- [Pricing](https://vidova.ai/pricing): free watermarked 720p and $49 lifetime
- [About](https://vidova.ai/about): DeepShot, Inc., category, contact

## Compare
- [Compare hub](https://vidova.ai/compare): methodology and last verified dates
- [Vidova vs Screen Studio](https://vidova.ai/compare/screen-studio)
- [Vidova vs FocuSee](https://vidova.ai/compare/focusee)
- [Vidova vs CANVID](https://vidova.ai/compare/canvid)
- [Vidova vs Cap](https://vidova.ai/compare/cap)
- [Vidova vs Tella](https://vidova.ai/compare/tella)
- [Vidova vs Camtasia](https://vidova.ai/compare/camtasia)

## Guides
- [Blog](https://vidova.ai/blog)
- [How automatic zoom works](https://vidova.ai/blog/how-automatic-zoom-screen-recording-works)
- [Best screen recorders with automatic zoom](https://vidova.ai/blog/best-screen-recorders-with-automatic-zoom)
- [Best Screen Studio alternatives](https://vidova.ai/blog/best-screen-studio-alternatives)
- [Screen Studio alternatives for Windows](https://vidova.ai/blog/best-screen-studio-alternatives-for-windows)
- [How to zoom into clicks](https://vidova.ai/blog/how-to-make-screen-recordings-automatically-zoom-into-clicks)
- [Best screen recorders for product demos](https://vidova.ai/blog/best-screen-recorders-for-product-demos)
- [How to record a SaaS product demo](https://vidova.ai/blog/how-to-record-a-polished-saas-product-demo)
- [Automatic zoom vs manual zoom](https://vidova.ai/blog/automatic-zoom-vs-manual-zoom-in-screen-recordings)

## Docs
- HTML docs: https://vidova.ai/docs
- Machine-readable index: https://vidova.ai/llms.txt
# Vidova docs
> Local desktop editor MCP for screen recordings. Editor must be open.

## Docs
- [Vidova documentation](https://vidova.ai/docs.md): Local MCP for the Vidova desktop editor, plus custom elements authored with @vidova/2d, @vidova/core, and @vidova/components.
- [Custom elements](https://vidova.ai/docs/custom-elements.md): A custom element is a TSX class that extends Node. It compiles into a component asset and plays on a type=component clip.
- [Custom element quickstart](https://vidova.ai/docs/custom-elements/quickstart.md): Write a Node subclass with @vidova/2d, implement animateIn and animate, then place it with component create and timeline_edit addClip.
- [Vidova MCP](https://vidova.ai/docs/mcp.md): Connect Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, or Windsurf to the local Vidova desktop editor at http://127.0.0.1:17373/mcp.
- [Vidova Cursor MCP quickstart](https://vidova.ai/docs/mcp/quickstart.md): Open a Vidova project from Cursor or Claude, read the timeline, capture a preview, and set vidovaSettings.cursorStyle to banana.
- [Component inputs](https://vidova.ai/docs/custom-elements/inputs.md): inputDefs are static inspector values. Asset inputs store IDs on the clip and resolve to playback URLs or VidovaClipData before they reach the class.
- [Vidova MCP tools](https://vidova.ai/docs/mcp/tools.md): Index of every published Vidova Local MCP tool, including timeline_edit, generate_asset, and project tools.
- [Layout](https://vidova.ai/docs/custom-elements/layout.md): Do not shadow Node methods, do not flex-size to unmeasured text, match anchors to coordinates, and keep sizes proportional to the frame.
- [Shaders](https://vidova.ai/docs/custom-elements/shaders.md): SkSL runtime effects on cached nodes. Include the common prelude or wrap the body with withCommonShader. Not GLSL.
- [timeline_edit MCP tool](https://vidova.ai/docs/mcp/tools/timeline_edit.md): Edit the timeline.

## Optional
- [Vidova MCP architecture](https://vidova.ai/docs/mcp/architecture.md): Localhost Streamable HTTP MCP at 127.0.0.1:17373, no HTTP auth, 1MB body, 5 minute timeout, 8000-character result windows, and grouped-tool passthrough.
- [Vidova MCP quotas](https://vidova.ai/docs/mcp/quotas.md): Local Vidova MCP tools do not use hosted quota. generate_asset image is metered. Speech and transcription use included rolling quotas.
- [Tools not in Vidova MCP](https://vidova.ai/docs/mcp/not-in-mcp.md): Retired and advertised-but-unreachable names. Do not call web_research, vidova_set_cursor, or generate_asset kinds music and video.