[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":109},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-welcome-to-pixelmatic":3,"blog-surround-welcome-to-pixelmatic":103},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":92,"description":93,"extension":94,"meta":95,"navigation":96,"path":97,"published":96,"seo":98,"seoTitle":99,"sitemap":100,"stem":101,"__hash__":102},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fwelcome-to-pixelmatic.md","Welcome to searchferret",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":85},"minimark",[9,14,18,21,24,28,31,60,64,67,70,73,76],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"a-bit-of-backstory","A bit of backstory",[15,16,17],"p",{},"For a few years, we used a screen recorder called Capture, made by Dropbox. It was simple, it lived in the browser, and it did the one thing we needed it to do.",[15,19,20],{},"Then Dropbox shut it down.",[15,22,23],{},"We went looking for a replacement and couldn't quite find one that fit. The closest options were either too heavy (downloads, installs, sign-ups before you could record a 30-second clip) or too thin (no team settings, no shared library, no clean way to share a video with a customer). So, after a bit of deliberation, we decided to build our own. That's where searchferret comes from.",[10,25,27],{"id":26},"what-we-wanted-it-to-do","What we wanted it to do",[15,29,30],{},"A handful of things, really. None of them revolutionary. We just wanted them all in one place:",[32,33,34,42,48,54],"ul",{},[35,36,37,41],"li",{},[38,39,40],"strong",{},"No downloads."," Open the browser, hit record, you're going.",[35,43,44,47],{},[38,45,46],{},"Shared team settings."," Camera position, frame backgrounds, branding... configured once, synced in realtime, consistent across everyone.",[35,49,50,53],{},[38,51,52],{},"One place for our videos."," An org-wide library so the team isn't hunting through Slack DMs for the walkthrough from three weeks ago.",[35,55,56,59],{},[38,57,58],{},"Easy sharing."," A clean public page on searchferret plus an embeddable player, so customers don't need an account to watch.",[10,61,63],{"id":62},"whats-free-what-isnt","What's free, what isn't",[15,65,66],{},"The recorder itself is free. Sign up for a free account, then record as many videos as you like and store them locally. You only need a subscription when you want the team features: shared settings, the org-wide library, and sharing videos through searchferret.",[15,68,69],{},"That's version 1. There's plenty more we want to do, but it felt better to ship something honest and useful than to keep polishing in the dark.",[15,71,72],{},"If you give it a try and something feels off, we'd love to hear it.",[15,74,75],{},"Until next time!",[15,77,78,81,84],{},[38,79,80],{},"Wouter",[82,83],"br",{},"\nFounder",{"title":86,"searchDepth":87,"depth":87,"links":88},"",2,[89,90,91],{"id":12,"depth":87,"text":13},{"id":26,"depth":87,"text":27},{"id":62,"depth":87,"text":63},"2026-04-07","The story behind searchferret, plus what's actually in version 1.","md",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fwelcome-to-pixelmatic",{"title":5,"description":93},null,{"loc":97},"blog\u002Fwelcome-to-pixelmatic","HJ5mNU9qmzAE4V3Tb1au6cfG86M3QM9utEnJZFY9W3c",[104,99],{"title":105,"path":106,"stem":107,"description":108,"published":96,"children":-1},"Pricing, and how we think about it","\u002Fblog\u002Fpricing-philosophy","blog\u002Fpricing-philosophy","How we think about searchferret's pricing. Generosity at the front door, an honest ladder as you grow, no seat-count games.",1788810417668]