imnakul · Sep 27, 2026 · Sep 27, 2026 · Sep 27, 2026 · Sep 27, 2026 · Sep 27, 2026
diff --git a/.github/assets/capkit-banner.svg b/.github/assets/capkit-banner.svg
diff --git a/.github/assets/capkit-showcase.png b/.github/assets/capkit-showcase.png
diff --git a/.github/assets/screenshots/record.png b/.github/assets/screenshots/record.png
diff --git a/.github/assets/screenshots/screenshots.png b/.github/assets/screenshots/screenshots.png
diff --git a/.github/assets/screenshots/settings.png b/.github/assets/screenshots/settings.png
diff --git a/.github/assets/screenshots/showcase.png b/.github/assets/screenshots/showcase.png
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -107,9 +107,14 @@ jobs:
           $hash = (Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 -Path $installer).Hash.ToLowerInvariant()
           $checksum = "$installer.sha256"
           Set-Content -LiteralPath $checksum -Value $hash -NoNewline
-          gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/generate-notes" -f tag_name="v${{ env.VERSION }}" -f target_commitish="${{ github.sha }}" --jq .body > notes.md
-          Add-Content -Path notes.md -Value ""
-          Add-Content -Path notes.md -Value "Full changelog: CHANGELOG-PUBLIC.md"
+          # PowerShell 5.1 captures native output as UTF-16; force UTF-8 so
+          # non-ASCII notes (emoji in PR titles) survive, then write the file
+          # as UTF-8 without a BOM with LF endings (`>` would write UTF-16).
+          [Console]::OutputEncoding = [System.Text.UTF8Encoding]::new($false)
+          $generated = gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/generate-notes" -f tag_name="v${{ env.VERSION }}" -f target_commitish="${{ github.sha }}" --jq .body
+          if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "Could not generate release notes" }
+          $notes = (@($generated) -join "`n") + "`n`nFull changelog: [CHANGELOG-PUBLIC.md](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/v${{ env.VERSION }}/CHANGELOG-PUBLIC.md)`n"
+          [System.IO.File]::WriteAllText("$PWD/notes.md", $notes, [System.Text.UTF8Encoding]::new($false))
           gh release create "v${{ env.VERSION }}" $installer $checksum --target "${{ github.sha }}" --title "CapKit ${{ env.VERSION }}" --notes-file notes.md
 
       - name: Upload installer artifact

diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Also verify affected components, multi-monitor/DPI-sensitive geometry, loading,
 ## Tech stack
 
 - Workspace: pnpm 11.14.0, TypeScript, strict mode
-- Desktop: Tauri 2.11, Rust 2024, React 19, Vite 8, Tailwind CSS 4, Zod 4
+- Desktop: Tauri 2.11, Rust 2024, React 19, Vite 8, Tailwind CSS 4, Zod 4, webview2-com 0.38.2 + windows-core 0.61 (camera permission only, pinned to versions already in the tree)
 - Landing page: Next.js 16.2 App Router, React 19, TypeScript 5, Tailwind CSS 4, Framer Motion 12
 - Tooling: ESLint 9, Vitest 4, Testing Library, Cargo
 - Targets: Windows 11 supported; macOS, Ubuntu, and Fedora provisional

diff --git a/CHANGELOG-PUBLIC.md b/CHANGELOG-PUBLIC.md
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 
 User-facing changes only, grouped by date under Added / Improved / Fixed.
 
+## 0.2.1 — 2026-09-28
+
+### Fixed
+
+- The recorder opens on the first click.
+- The source previews are visible.
+- The Screenshots page is full width.
+- The cursor shows in recordings.
+- Camera access can be retried.
+
+### Added
+
+- Draw an area to record.
+- Choose the microphone and speaker.
+
 ## 0.2.0 — 2026-09-26
 
 ### Added

diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+CapKit
+Copyright (c) 2026 Nakul Srivastava. All rights reserved.
+
+This software and its source code, including the desktop application, the
+landing page, documentation, logos, and other assets in this repository
+(the "Software"), are proprietary and confidential.
+
+No license is granted to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute,
+sublicense, or sell copies of the Software, in whole or in part, except:
+
+  1. Official CapKit builds published by the copyright holder may be
+     installed and used under the terms that accompany those builds.
+  2. Anyone the copyright holder has given access to this repository may
+     view the source and submit contributions to it. Contributions are
+     licensed to the copyright holder under these terms.
+
+Any other use requires prior written permission from the copyright holder.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+Third-party components are licensed under their own terms, including the
+Caveat font under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -1,106 +1,186 @@
-# CapKit
+<p align="center">
+  <img src=".github/assets/capkit-banner.svg" alt="CapKit — The lightweight desktop toolkit to capture, record, and showcase." width="100%">
+</p>
 
-CapKit is the lightweight desktop toolkit to capture, record, and showcase. It is Windows-first, designed for cross-platform rollout, and built around one uninterrupted workflow:
+<p align="center">
+  <a href="https://github.com/imnakul/snaphub/releases/latest"><img alt="Download the latest release" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/download-latest%20release-D9FF43?style=flat-square&labelColor=151714"></a>
+  <img alt="Platform: Windows 11" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/platform-Windows%2011-D9FF43?style=flat-square&labelColor=151714">
+  <img alt="Built with Tauri 2" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/built%20with-Tauri%202-D9FF43?style=flat-square&labelColor=151714">
+  <a href="LICENSE"><img alt="License: proprietary" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-proprietary-D9FF43?style=flat-square&labelColor=151714"></a>
+</p>
 
-`Shortcut -> select on a frozen screen -> edit in place -> copy, save, copy and save, or pin -> return to work`
+<p align="center">
+  <a href="https://github.com/imnakul/snaphub/releases/latest"><b>Download for Windows</b></a>
+  &nbsp;·&nbsp;
+  <a href="https://capkit.nakulsrivastava.com/">Website</a>
+  &nbsp;·&nbsp;
+  <a href="CHANGELOG-PUBLIC.md">What's new</a>
+</p>
 
-The product is intentionally narrower and calmer than automation-heavy capture suites. Phase 1 focuses on fast capture, contextual quick editing, pinning, and scrolling capture without opening a conventional editor window.
+<p align="center">
+  <img src=".github/assets/capkit-showcase.png" alt="CapKit Showcase: a screenshot framed on a dark wallpaper with padding and a shadow, edited in the Showcase workspace" width="100%">
+</p>
 
-## Status
+---
 
-- **Confirmed:** Windows-first reference implementation with Windows 11 as the first supported platform.
-- **Confirmed:** macOS, Ubuntu, and Fedora remain architectural targets.
-- **Confirmed:** Phase 1 is local-first and requires no account, cloud, telemetry, or library.
-- **In progress:** The first Windows capture-to-export vertical slice, tray lifecycle, pinning, and settings dashboard are operational; Phase 1 still needs native hardening and completion.
-- **Implemented, physical validation pending:** A configurable shortcut toggles a temporary on-screen presentation toolbar for drawing, spotlighting, magnification, pointer trails, and blur without entering screenshot capture. The desktop stays live by default; Settings can use a frozen frame when stable markup is preferable.
-- **Provisional:** Pricing, quotas, update entitlement, final brand clearance, and distribution channels.
+CapKit is a small desktop app that lives in your system tray. Press a shortcut, select part of the screen, mark it up right where it is, then copy, save, or pin it, and get back to work. No editor window, no account, no cloud.
 
-See [Current implementation status](docs/current-status.md) for the verified working surface, partial implementations, and remaining gaps.
-For a single user-facing inventory of current local capabilities, see [Local feature inventory](docs/local-features.md).
+When you need more, the same app records your screen, turns recordings into polished clips, and dresses screenshots up for sharing.
 
-## Documentation
+```text
+Shortcut  →  select on a frozen screen  →  edit in place  →  copy · save · pin  →  back to work
+```
 
-- [Product brief](docs/product-brief.md)
-- [Current implementation status](docs/current-status.md)
-- [Local feature inventory](docs/local-features.md)
-- [Feature roadmap](docs/feature-roadmap.md)
-- [Capture UX specification](docs/capture-ux-spec.md)
-- [Technical architecture](docs/technical-architecture.md)
-- [Performance and quality](docs/performance-quality.md)
-- [Business and cloud](docs/business-cloud.md)
-- [Brand and marketing handoff](docs/brand-marketing-handoff.md)
-- [Decision log](docs/decision-log.md)
+## Screenshots
+
+<p align="center">
+  <img src=".github/assets/screenshots/screenshots.png" alt="The Screenshots page showing a grid of saved captures" width="100%">
+</p>
+
+<table>
+  <tr>
+    <td width="50%"><img src=".github/assets/screenshots/showcase.png" alt="Showcase: a capture framed with a background, padding and shadow"></td>
+    <td width="50%"><img src=".github/assets/screenshots/record.png" alt="Record: the recordings list with Start recording"></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="center"><b>Showcase</b>: frame a capture for sharing</td>
+    <td align="center"><b>Record</b>: record and edit your screen</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td colspan="2"><img src=".github/assets/screenshots/settings.png" alt="Settings: shortcuts, colors and toolbar options"></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td colspan="2" align="center"><b>Settings</b>: shortcuts, colors and toolbar options, stored on your device</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
+## Features
+
+### Capture
+
+- **One shortcut, frozen screen.** `Alt+Shift+S` freezes the display under your cursor so menus and tooltips stay put while you select.
+- **Smart selection.** Drag a region, click a window, or click an individual button or panel inside an app. Resize and move the selection after drawing it.
+- **Precision aids.** Crosshair, live dimensions, a magnifier and snapping, each of which you can turn off.
+- **Scrolling capture.** Capture a whole long page automatically, or scroll by hand. CapKit stitches the frames and handles sticky headers.
+- **Direct shortcuts.** Separate shortcuts for Capture & Copy and Capture & Save when you don't need to edit.
+
+### Edit in place
+
+The selected area becomes the editor. Tools appear right beside it.
+
+- Rectangle, ellipse, line, straight and curved arrows, highlighter, pencil, spotlight, numbered steps and text, including a handwritten style.
+- **Redaction that sticks.** Blur, pixelate and black out. Protected areas are permanently flattened into the exported image.
+- Select, move and delete anything you drew, with full undo and redo.
+- Finish with **Copy** (`C`), **Copy & Save** (`A`), **Save** (`S`) or **Pin**.
+- Arrange the toolbar your way: one row of tools, or grouped rows you order yourself.
+
+### Pin
+
+- Keep a capture floating above everything: move, resize, rotate, change the opacity, lock it, then copy or save it later.
+
+### Screen Draw
+
+- A separate shortcut puts a drawing layer over your live screen, for demos, calls and teaching.
+- Pen, text, shapes, arrows, spotlight, magnifier, a laser pointer that fades, eraser and blur.
+- Press `S` to save the whole screen with your drawings.
+
+### Record and edit
+
+- Record a display, a single window, or an area you draw.
+- Choose your microphone and speaker. The recording controls stay out of the video.
+- The cursor is recorded as its own track, so the editor can smooth it and zoom in automatically on clicks.
+- Trim, add a webcam bubble, apply a Showcase look, and export to MP4 or GIF.
+
+### Showcase
+
+- Turn a plain screenshot into something worth posting: backgrounds, gradients and wallpapers; padding, rounded corners and shadows; browser and device frames; tilt and perspective; titles and notes.
+- Save your favourite looks as presets.
+
+### Private by design
+
+- Everything stays on your device. No account, sign-in, telemetry or network access is needed to capture, edit, record or export.
+- CapKit idles in the tray and loads its capture, editing and recording tools only when you use them.
+
+## Install
+
+1. Download `CapKit_<version>_x64-setup.exe` from the [latest release](https://github.com/imnakul/snaphub/releases/latest).
+2. Run it. It installs for your user account only and doesn't need admin rights.
+3. CapKit starts in the system tray. Press `Alt+Shift+S` to capture.
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> The installer isn't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may show "Windows protected your PC". Choose **More info → Run anyway**. Each release includes a `.sha256` file so you can check the download.
+
+Requirements: Windows 11 (Windows 10 version 2004 or later for screen recording) with the WebView2 runtime, which comes with current Windows. macOS, Ubuntu and Fedora support is planned.
 
 ## Development
 
-Prerequisites:
+<details>
+<summary>Prerequisites, commands and project layout</summary>
+
+### Prerequisites
 
 - Node.js 24+
-- pnpm 10+
+- pnpm 11+
 - Rust 1.95+
-- Windows 11 SDK and WebView2 for the Windows reference application
+- Windows 11 SDK and WebView2
 
-Commands:
+### Commands
 
 ```powershell
-pnpm.cmd install
-pnpm.cmd dev
+pnpm.cmd install          # install dependencies
+pnpm.cmd tauri dev        # run the desktop app
 pnpm.cmd typecheck
 pnpm.cmd lint
 pnpm.cmd test
-pnpm.cmd tauri dev
+pnpm.cmd bundle:windows   # build the NSIS setup
+pnpm.cmd bundle:store     # build the Microsoft Store MSIX package
 ```
 
-## Installable builds
-
-The current supported build is Windows 11. From a Windows development machine with the prerequisites above installed, create a normal per-user NSIS setup executable with:
+Rust checks:
 
 ```powershell
-pnpm.cmd install
-pnpm.cmd bundle:windows
-pnpm.cmd bundle:store
+cargo fmt --manifest-path apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml --check
+cargo clippy --manifest-path apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml --all-targets -- -D warnings
+cargo test --manifest-path apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
 ```
 
-The installer is written to:
+The setup is written to `apps/desktop/src-tauri/target/release/bundle/nsis/CapKit_<version>_x64-setup.exe`. Store packaging is described in [Microsoft Store release](docs/microsoft-store-release.md), and publishing a release in [Releasing CapKit](docs/releasing.md).
+
+### Project layout
 
 ```text
-apps/desktop/src-tauri/target/release/bundle/nsis/CapKit_0.1.1_x64-setup.exe
+apps/desktop/            React capture surface and Tauri host
+apps/desktop/src-tauri/  Rust resident core and platform adapters
+apps/landing-page/       Next.js marketing site
+docs/                    Product and engineering source of truth
 ```
 
-`pnpm.cmd bundle:store` creates the Store-ready x64 MSIX package and the recommended `.msixupload` submission artifact under `apps/desktop/src-tauri/target/store`. Its manifest uses the immutable Partner Center identity `JagatBandhu.SnapHub`; package versions use four parts and must end in `.0`. See [Microsoft Store release](docs/microsoft-store-release.md).
-
-Tauri uses the system WebView2 runtime on current Windows 10/11 installations, keeping the installer smaller. Production distribution should add code signing before public release. `pnpm.cmd bundle` builds the native bundle formats configured for the host operating system.
+### Stack
 
-### Platform status
+Tauri 2 · Rust · React 19 · TypeScript · Vite · Tailwind CSS 4 · Zod · Vitest. The landing page uses Next.js 16.
 
-- **Confirmed:** Windows 11 is the only currently supported and physically tested target.
-- **Provisional:** macOS, Ubuntu, and Fedora are architectural targets. Shared capture/domain code exists, but native permissions, target detection, scrolling input, packaging, signing, and hardware acceptance are not complete.
-- Native installers should be built and tested on their target OS: Windows for NSIS/MSI, macOS with Xcode for `.app`/`.dmg`, and Linux with WebKitGTK/system packaging dependencies for AppImage, Debian, or RPM packages.
-
-Rust checks:
+</details>
 
-```powershell
-cargo fmt --manifest-path apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml --check
-cargo clippy --manifest-path apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml --all-targets -- -D warnings
-cargo test --manifest-path apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
-```
+## Project status
 
-## Source layout
+- **Confirmed:** Windows 11 is the supported, tested platform.
+- **Confirmed:** Capture, editing, Screen Draw, recording and export are local-first and need no account or cloud.
+- **Provisional:** macOS, Ubuntu and Fedora are architectural targets. Native permissions, packaging and hardware testing are not done yet.
+- **Provisional:** Pricing, paid features and distribution channels.
 
-```text
-apps/desktop/          React capture surface and Tauri host
-apps/desktop/src-tauri Rust resident core and platform adapters
-apps/landing-page/     Next.js marketing site (docs/brand-marketing-handoff.md)
-docs/                  Product and engineering source of truth
-```
+## Documentation
 
-## Landing page
+- [Product brief](docs/product-brief.md)
+- [Current implementation status](docs/current-status.md)
+- [Local feature inventory](docs/local-features.md)
+- [Feature roadmap](docs/feature-roadmap.md)
+- [Capture UX specification](docs/capture-ux-spec.md)
+- [Technical architecture](docs/technical-architecture.md)
+- [Performance and quality](docs/performance-quality.md)
+- [Business and cloud](docs/business-cloud.md)
+- [Brand and marketing handoff](docs/brand-marketing-handoff.md)
+- [Decision log](docs/decision-log.md)
 
-The marketing site lives in `apps/landing-page` and is a standalone Next.js 16 (App Router) + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS v4 project, styled per [Brand and marketing handoff](docs/brand-marketing-handoff.md). It ships no product code and is not part of the desktop build.
+## License
 
-```powershell
-pnpm.cmd --filter @snaphub/landing-page dev
-pnpm.cmd --filter @snaphub/landing-page typecheck
-pnpm.cmd --filter @snaphub/landing-page lint
-pnpm.cmd --filter @snaphub/landing-page build
-```
+Copyright © 2026 Nakul Srivastava. All rights reserved. CapKit is proprietary software; see [LICENSE](LICENSE). Bundled third-party components, such as the Caveat font (SIL Open Font License 1.1), keep their own licenses.
diff --git a/apps/desktop/package.json b/apps/desktop/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@snaphub/desktop",
-  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "version": "0.2.1",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {

diff --git a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "capkit-desktop"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 description = "CapKit lightweight desktop toolkit to capture, record, and showcase"
 authors = ["CapKit"]
 edition = "2024"
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ windows = { version = "0.62.2", features = [
   # Cursor sampling and the shared QPC clock.
   "Win32_UI_Input", "Win32_System_Performance", "Win32_System_Threading",
 ] }
+# Camera permission for the camera window's own webview only. Pinned to the
+# version wry already brings in, so there is exactly one copy in the binary.
+webview2-com = "=0.38.2"
+# The 0.61 Interface trait and w! literals that webview2-com 0.38's types are
+# bound to (our windows crate is 0.62). Pinned to the version already in the
+# tree; adds no new code.
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies.windows-core-061]
+package = "windows-core"
+version = "=0.61.2"
 
 # Size is a product gate, not an afterthought: `docs/performance-quality.md`
 # budgets the installed app at under 60 MB, and the video recorder is being