Mimik: Step-by-Step Guides, Tutorials & Screenshots

Auto-capture any browser workflow into a step-by-step guide with screenshots. Local-first, open source, bring your own AI key.

Mimik turns any repetitive browser task into a polished, step-by-step guide. Click record, do the thing, and get a documented walkthrough with annotated screenshots. Edit, replay, or export in seconds. Everything runs locally in your browser. No account. No cloud. No data ever leaves your device. ✨ FEATURES 🎬 AUTO-CAPTURE Click, type, navigate. Mimik records every meaningful action as a step: clicks, form inputs, keyboard shortcuts, clipboard actions, drag events, and page navigations. Smart event merging keeps your guides clean. 📸 ANNOTATED SCREENSHOTS Every step gets a screenshot with the clicked element highlighted and zoomed in automatically. No cropping, no manual annotation tools. 🔒 SMART BLUR Automatically detects and blurs sensitive data in your screenshots: emails, phone numbers, SSNs, credit cards, IP addresses, MAC addresses. Toggle each category independently, or pick any element on the page to mask manually. 🧠 AI DESCRIPTIONS (OPTIONAL) Bring your own API key (OpenAI or Anthropic) and Mimik generates natural step descriptions like "Click the Submit button to save changes" instead of robotic labels. Descriptions are generated from a lightweight DOM context, not screenshots. Roughly 15-30x cheaper than vision models. Choose the output language. ▶️ GUIDE ME REPLAY Replay any guide live on a real page. Mimik highlights the next element to click, tracks your progress step by step, and advances automatically as you interact. Great for onboarding teammates or walking through a process yourself. 📤 MULTI-FORMAT EXPORT Share guides in the format that fits your workflow: • HTML — self-contained, share anywhere • PDF — print-ready, A4 with auto page breaks • Markdown — paste into Notion, GitHub, docs, wikis All exports are generated client-side. Nothing touches a server. 🌍 MULTI-LANGUAGE Interface available in English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French. The AI description language is configured independently, so you can run Mimik in English but generate guides in Spanish, or any combination. 💾 100% LOCAL STORAGE Your guides, steps, and screenshots live on your device. There's no backend, no account, no telemetry. If you bring an API key, it stays in your browser and is sent directly to the AI provider you chose. 🎯 WHO IS MIMIK FOR? • Engineers documenting internal tools and processes • Product teams writing how-to guides and tutorials • Support teams building reusable walkthroughs • Anyone onboarding a teammate or explaining a workflow 🔐 PRIVACY Mimik does not collect, transmit, or store any of your data on external servers. All guides are kept in your browser's local storage. Optional AI features use your own API key and connect directly to the provider you chose (OpenAI or Anthropic); Mimik never sees or relays your key. 🔧 OPEN SOURCE Mimik is open source under the MIT license. Source, issues, and contributions: https://github.com/westpoint-io/mimik