Record your workflow once. Monkey captures every click and keystroke, turning it into a polished step-by-step guide — screenshots, annotations, and all.
No account required · No data leaves your browser
What your guide looks like
Click the "Create an Account" button
Type in the "Email address" field
Click the "Sign Up" button
How it works
No setup, no configuration, no learning curve. If you can click a button, you can make a guide.
Click the Monkey icon in your toolbar and press Start Recording. A small badge appears on the page so you always know you're live.
Navigate, click, fill out forms — work exactly as you normally would. Monkey silently captures a screenshot and generates a description for every interaction.
Stop recording and open your guide. Edit descriptions, reorder steps, then export as a self-contained HTML file, copy as Markdown, or print to PDF.
Features
Monkey is lean by design. No cloud sync, no paywalls, no accounts — just clean, accurate guides generated entirely in your browser.
Every click triggers an automatic screenshot. No manual camera button, no missed moments.
A red rectangle is drawn around the exact element you interacted with — not just a vague circle in the middle of the screen.
Monkey reads ARIA labels, button text, and placeholder attributes to write step descriptions for you. Edit anything with a single click.
Grab any step and drag it to where it belongs. Or use the up/down arrows. Delete steps you don't need.
Export as a self-contained HTML file (with screenshots embedded), copy as Markdown, or use your browser's print dialog to save as PDF.
All processing happens locally in your browser. Your screenshots, your workflow, your data — none of it ever touches a server.
Compare
Other tools charge $15–29/month for what Monkey does for free, right in your browser.
| Feature |  Monkey |
Paid alternatives |
|---|---|---|
| Auto screenshot capture | ✓ | ✓ |
| Element annotations | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto-generated descriptions | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit & reorder steps | ✓ | ✓ |
| Export as HTML | ✓ | – |
| No account required | ✓ | – |
| Completely private (no servers) | ✓ | – |
| Open source | ✓ | – |
| Price | Free | $15–29/mo |
Security & Privacy
Monkey is built privacy-first from the ground up. Your data never leaves your machine — not because we promise it, but because there's no server to send it to.
Designed to meet SOC 2 Type II requirements for security, availability, and confidentiality — with zero data transmission by architecture.
No personal data is collected, stored remotely, or processed outside your browser. Full compliance with EU GDPR and UK GDPR requirements.
We don't sell, share, or monetise your data — because we don't have any. California Consumer Privacy Act requirements met by default.
Every line of code is publicly auditable on GitHub. No hidden telemetry, no obfuscated binaries. See exactly what runs on your machine.
All recordings, screenshots, and guide data live exclusively in Chrome's local storage on your device.
We collect zero usage data, crash reports, or behavioural analytics. Your workflow is yours alone.
Monkey only requests the Chrome permissions it actually needs — activeTab, storage, and downloads.
Zero external scripts, zero CDN calls, zero tracking pixels. The extension is entirely self-contained.
Built on Chrome's latest, most secure extension platform with restricted background execution and tighter API controls.
Use Monkey on internal tools, admin panels, and confidential workflows. Screenshots never leave your browser.
Install the extension, hit record, and walk through your workflow. Your first guide is ready before you finish your coffee.
Works on Chrome 110+ · Manifest V3 · Open source on GitHub