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

Tracking since Apr 29, 2026.

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• May 6, 2026
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  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

  Mimik auto-captures any browser workflow into a step-by-step guide with annotated screenshots. Open source, 100% local, no account, no uploads.
  
  Click "Record," do the thing, and stop. Mimik captures each click and keystroke as a step. Each step has a screenshot, the element you clicked, and a description. Edit, replay, or export.
  
  Features
  - Auto-capture clicks, typing, and navigation. No more writing steps by hand.
  - Annotated screenshots highlight what you clicked. No cropping, no arrow tools.
  - Optional AI step descriptions and titles (OpenAI or Anthropic)
  - Replay any guide on a live page. Use it for onboarding or step-by-step training.
  - Export to HTML, PDF, or Markdown. Files are self-contained, ready to share anywhere.
  - Smart Blur hides emails, phone numbers, and card data before sharing.
  
  Private by design
  - 100% local. Mimik has no servers. Your guides, screenshots, and recordings never leave your browser.
  - No account, no sign-up, no tracking.
  - AI is optional. Turn it on with your own OpenAI or Anthropic key. Requests go from your browser straight to the provider, never to us. Without a key, Mimik still works.
  
  Open source
  Free and MIT-licensed. Source code and issues:
  https://github.com/westpoint-io/mimik

• May 6, 2026
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  Auto-capture browser workflows and generate step-by-step guides with annotated screenshots.

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

• May 6, 2026
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  Mimik

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

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