User Guide
Installing OpenAdapt
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Installing OpenAdapt
Last updated
OpenAdapt requires Python3.10, you can download it or try our installer, which will download Python for you.
We have builds available for Windows and Mac
Download the OpenAdapt application from
Extract the zip
Click on the extracted application
It creates an app-tray on top right. This app tray can be used to control the application.
Now after the application is installed, you can start recording following the steps explained.
Click the record button in the app-tray
It opens up a prompt to name your recording
Give it a name and click ok. Now the recording starts.
To end the recording you can simply
Click the stop recording button in the app-tray and the recording is saved.
To replay the saved recordings
Click on replay in the app-tray. It opens list of all the recordings.
Click on the recording you want to replay. This will open up a prompt to choose the replay strategy & replay instructions
You can visualize data about your recording events too.
Click on visualize in the app-tray
Choose the recording you want to visualize
It opens an HTML page with extensive details about the events in your recordings
If you want to delete any recording from OpenAdapt, you can do it easily.
Click on delete button in app-tray
A list of available recordings appear
Choose the recording to delete
You can now control OpenAdapt from the GUI recently introduced. You can easily see all the recordings, get recording data, change setting such as API keys, choose to scrubb a recording, replays etc
Click on dashboard in the app-tray
A GUI opens on your browser similar to this
On settings page you can change API keys, turn on scrub etc
You can now scrub a recording of your choice and it gets processed.
In the dashboard settings, turn on scrubbing.
Navigate to scrubbing and choose a recording to scrub. Choose the provider
Now wait for the recording to be processed
Good to know: Read more about strategies
Here is a quick of how to use replay strategy & instructions.