Mimik watches your tabs and writes the guide — annotated screenshots, numbered steps, ready to export. It never phones home.
No account, no onboarding, no "connect your workspace" dance. Pin, record, export.
Install from the Chrome Web StoreMicrosoft Edge Add-onsFirefox Add-ons and pin Mimik to your toolbar. Click once to start recording.
Do the thing you'd do anyway. Mimik captures every click and keystroke and builds a step-by-step guide in the side panel.
Ship a polished guide as Markdown, PDF, HTML, or a shareable link — all rendered locally. Your machine, your call.
Every feature runs on your machine. No servers to trust, no quotas to hit.
Every click, keystroke, and navigation — captured with pixel-perfect annotations.
Numbered callouts, highlighted regions, and auto-generated descriptions for each step.
Automatically redact emails, tokens, and PII before export. Or blur manually with a click.
Bring your own OpenAI or Anthropic key. Keys stored locally; prompts stay on your machine.
Hand a teammate a guide and Mimik walks them through each step, live on the page.
Markdown, HTML, PDF, GIF, Notion-ready blocks. All generated client-side.
| Capability |  Mimik | Scribe | Tango | Guidde |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screenshots stored | On your disk | Their cloud | Their cloud | Their cloud |
| Works offline | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Account required | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Free forever | ✓ | Limited | Limited | Limited |
| Open source | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AI descriptions | BYO key | Included | Included | Included |
One click. Zero servers. Forever free.