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Replace Loom with Self-Hosted Cap.so

Open-source, cross-platform Loom alternative built in Rust + Tauri with self-hosted S3 storage Stop paying Business ($15/creator/mo) ($150/mo for a 10-person team) and run Cap.so on a $4.50/mo Linux VPS with full data sovereignty.

10-Seat Annual Savings

+$1,746 / yr

vs Loom standard plan

Container RAM & vCPU

512 MB RAM

1.0 vCPU • Migration: Very Easy

Recommended Cloud Box

$4.50/mo VPS

Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU)

1-to-100 Seat Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Table

Comparing Loom (Business ($15/creator/mo)) vs Cap.so on Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU).

Team Size	Loom Cost	Cap.so VPS	Net Annual Savings
1 Seat (Solo)	$15.00/mo ($180/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$126 / year
5 Seats	$75.00/mo ($900/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$846 / year
10 Seats	$150.00/mo ($1,800/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$1,746 / year
25 Seats	$375.00/mo ($4,500/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$4,446 / year
50 Seats	$750.00/mo ($9,000/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$8,946 / year
100 Seats	$1,500.00/mo ($18,000/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$17,946 / year

Production Docker Compose + Caddy Auto-SSL

Copy and run docker compose up -d on any Ubuntu 24.04 server.

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# Production Docker Compose: Cap.so (Replaces Loom)
services:
  caddy:
    image: caddy:2-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    volumes:
      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile:ro
      - caddy_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  cap:
    image: ghcr.io/capsoftware/cap-web:latest
    container_name: stack-cap
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}@postgres:5432/cap"
      - "NEXTAUTH_URL=https://video.${DOMAIN:-yourdomain.com}"
      - "S3_BUCKET=cap-recordings"
    volumes:
      - cap_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  postgres:
    image: pgvector/pgvector:pg16
    container_name: stack-postgres
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "POSTGRES_USER=postgres"
      - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}"
    volumes:
      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

networks:
  stack_net:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  caddy_data:
  cap_data:
  postgres_data:

Caddyfile (Automatic HTTPS Reverse Proxy):

# Automatic Let's Encrypt HTTPS for Cap.so
cap.{$DOMAIN:yourdomain.com} {
  encode zstd gzip
  reverse_proxy cap:3000
}

Why Teams Switch to Cap.so

✓Connect your own Cloudflare R2 or S3 bucket ($0 egress)
✓Instant shareable links with time-stamped comments
✓Ultra-light native macOS & Windows recorder

GitHub Repository CapSoftware/Cap

Official Website cap.so

Docker Image ghcr.io/capsoftware/cap-web:latest

Database Needed PostgreSQL 16

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