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System requirements, the SmartScreen warning, and what happens the first time you open Kamo.

3 min · Written for Kamo 0.1.0

What you need

Windows 10 (version 2004 or later) or Windows 11, 64-bit. Windows on ARM isn't supported yet.
About 110 MB for the installer. No account and no internet connection are needed to record, edit or export.
The Mac app and the Chrome extension aren't out yet. You can follow them on the roadmap.

Install

Download the installer (Kamo-0.1.0-win-x64-setup.exe). It comes from GitHub Releases.
Open it. Kamo installs for your user only, so you don't need administrator rights, and you can change the install folder.
If Windows shows “Windows protected your PC”, click More info, then Run anyway. The installer isn't code-signed yet, so SmartScreen warns about it. Signing is on the roadmap.

Kamo runs as a single copy. Opening it again just brings the existing window back.

The first launch

The first time you open Kamo, it walks you through three short screens:

Language. Kamo asks “Which language should I speak?” and preselects your Windows language (or English). You can change it later in Settings → Language.
Welcome tour. Three slides: hit Record, click as usual, then tweak and export. Use → or Enter to go on, Esc to skip. You can replay it later from Settings → Help → Show the welcome tour.
Microphone. Windows asks Kamo for no screen-recording permission at all. The only question is your microphone, and it's optional. Choose Skip for now if you won't narrate.

Then you land on Home, ready to record.

If the microphone is blocked

Kamo shows the status as Blocked and a button, Open System Settings. In Windows, go to Settings → Privacy & security → Microphone and turn on both Microphone access and Let desktop apps access your microphone. Kamo notices the change on its own.

The camera works the same way, under Privacy & security → Camera. Kamo only needs it when you turn the camera on.

Kamo stays in the tray

On Windows, closing the window keeps Kamo running in the system tray, so the stop shortcut and updates keep working. To quit for real, right-click the tray icon and choose Quit Kamo. You can turn this off in Settings → Window.