[verdict][generated prompt][source: loom.com]
Can I vibecode Loom?
// buildable in a weekend, but real gaps stay open
Local screen recording is easy, but instant hosting, permissions, viewer analytics, comments, trimming, and team libraries push it beyond one sitting.
confidence: high
what it is: Async screen recording with instant hosting, transcripts, and team sharing
Buildability index · an editorial game
- Price 18 $/month · per seat weight: plus 2
- Time weekend weight: plus 2
- Category screen recording no weight
- Moat infrastructure scale · collaboration · execution quality weight: minus 4
- Confidence high weight: plus 1
- What you lose 6 items weight: minus 3
- Site loom.com (si apre in una nuova scheda) no weight
The moat outweighs the price: rebuilding this is a project, not an evening.
Gioco editoriale: il verdetto dice se un agente può, l’indice se conviene.
// free tier: The free plan allows 25 videos of up to 5 minutes each.
What you build
Record screen and camera, encode video, upload to storage, generate transcript/summary, and serve a share page.
what you need
- screen capture API
- ffmpeg
- object storage
- hosted app
- auth
- optional transcription API
Classic paid-for-polish case: the local primitive is free, the workflow is subscription.
The prompt
A weekend with a coding agent. The gaps that stay are right below, under “what you lose”.
Build me a screen-record-and-share tool to replace Loom on macOS. Requirements:
- Two parts: a local recording CLI and a share server on my own VPS.
- Recording: `rec start` / `rec stop` wrapping ffmpeg's avfoundation capture,
screen plus mic, saved to ~/Recordings/YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM.mp4. No camera bubble.
- On stop: transcode to web-friendly H.264, transcribe with whisper.cpp, then
upload video and transcript to the server with rsync over SSH.
- The server (Node + Express + better-sqlite3 behind my existing reverse proxy)
serves each recording at an unguessable /v/<random-id> URL: player, title, date,
and the transcript below it, searchable in-page.
- `rec stop` ends by printing the share URL and copying it to my clipboard. Target:
under a minute from stop to link for a 2-minute video.
- The index page listing all recordings stays private (localhost or VPN only); the
share pages are link-only, no listing anywhere. No accounts, no telemetry.
- Out of scope: viewer analytics, comments, trimming, and team libraries. The
unlisted URL is the entire permission model.
- README: macOS screen-recording and mic permissions, finding the right ffmpeg
device index, and the server deploy steps.Prompt generated from the data on this page, not reviewed by hand yet. In English on purpose — it is the language coding agents work best in.
What you lose
- instant reliable hosting
- permissions
- comments
- analytics
- workspace libraries
- browser extensions
Why people still pay
They pay because a Loom link works everywhere and preserves context for the team.
moat: Infrastructure scale Collaboration Execution quality what a moat is
hosting/collaboration
Free alternatives
Not in the mood to build it? These already exist, they are free or open source, and we checked them one by one.
Rejected (1) — and why
- OBS Studio (si apre in una nuova scheda) — Records anything beautifully; hosts, transcribes and organizes absolutely nothing.
Who has already built it
Starting from here is still vibecoding: the prompt is for when you want it exactly your way.
- OBS Studio (opens in a new tab) — Excellent open-source recording engine; hosting/sharing remains the DIY gap. (alive)
What it costs in a year
18 $/mese 216 $/anno
Listino 18 $ al mese a persona su Loom. L’anno è dodici mesi pieni, senza sconti annuali.
Do you agree?
The vote balance
Ancora nessun voto: il tuo è il primo.
Nessun voto ancora — il primo pesa.
