Tellscreen vs Agent-Native Clips (October 2026)
Checked and updated
Agent-Native Clips is Builder.io's free, open-source recorder, labelled alpha. It records in a web app, adds a Chrome extension that captures console errors and a desktop app for meeting notes and dictation, and gives AI agents readable links. Tellscreen does one job: screen and camera recordings that become a link the moment you stop, with the transcript, summary, chapters and an MP4 download behind it.
Tellscreen is ours, and we borrowed one idea from Clips: links that AI agents can read. Clips' facts come from agent-native.com, clips.agent-native.com and the BuilderIO/agent-native repository, checked on 14 October 2026.
Side by side
| Tellscreen | Agent-Native Clips | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free; AI on the hosted version runs on Builder.io credits |
| Maturity | Live at tellscreen.com | Labelled alpha; desktop app version 0.1.1 |
| How you record | In the web page | Web app, optional Chrome extension, or Tauri desktop app |
| Meeting recorder and dictation | No | Yes, in the desktop app |
| Console errors and failed requests with the video | No | Yes, with the Chrome extension |
| AI titles, summaries, chapters | Yes | Yes |
| Links AI agents can read | Yes: agent.json, transcript, stills of any moment | Yes: context, transcript and frames |
| Loom import | Upload the MP4 files you download from Loom | Paste a public Loom link |
| Password, privacy | Password or only-me | Visibility, password or expiry |
| Comments and reactions | Yes | Yes |
| MP4 download with the camera in the picture | Yes | Not verified |
| Run it yourself | No | Yes: needs S3-compatible storage, Postgres and a Groq or OpenAI key |
| Licence | Hosted service | MIT per the README |
Where Clips is the better choice
- You want meetings and dictation too. The Clips desktop app records Zoom, Teams and Meet calls with summaries and action items, and has push-to-talk dictation.
- You file bug reports by video. The Chrome extension attaches console errors and failed network requests to the recording.
- You want to run and modify it. The code is public; Builder.io's framework runs on any Nitro-compatible host with S3-compatible storage and Postgres.
Where Tellscreen is the better choice
- It's finished and focused. No alpha label, no agent framework to learn: open the page, press Start, get a link.
- An MP4 with your camera in it. Tellscreen burns the camera bubble into the download and makes an animated GIF for emails.
- A share page built for viewers. Word-by-word highlighted transcript, chapters on the timeline, timestamped comments and replies, emoji reactions and viewer insights for the owner.
- Measured speed. On a 20-second recording the link was on the clipboard 0.9 seconds after Stop, with the transcript about 21 seconds later.
Sources
- Clips product page: https://www.agent-native.com/apps/clips
- Live app: https://clips.agent-native.com
- Source, README and licence: https://github.com/BuilderIO/agent-native
- Builder.io's launch post: https://www.builder.io/blog/clips-loom-alternative