Recorder for Google Meet™

Record audio or video from your active Google Meet tab and save it straight to your computer.
Free: MP3 audio up to 40 minutes, with your mic when you choose. Pro, one time $4.99: unlimited length, video, and more.

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Features

MP3 audio The sound of the active Meet tab as a compact MP3. Free up to 40 minutes; Pro adds 192 kbps and WAV.	Video PRO The Meet tab's picture with mixed meeting and microphone audio, as WEBM or MP4.	Your mic, your call Add a recording mic without touching Meet's own mute button. Pro mutes or switches it mid-recording.
Live levels Meters for Meet, your mic, and the final file, so you know the recording hears sound.	Private by design No account, no server, no tracking. Recordings never leave your computer.	Straight to Downloads Click Stop and save; Chrome downloads the finished file automatically.

Free vs Pro

Pro is a one-time $4.99 purchase, paid through PayPal, with the license key emailed to your PayPal address.

Early bird: the first 100 people who claim get a free Pro key by email; keys never expire. Email bash@supportefy.com to claim your key.

Feature	Free	Pro
MP3 64 kbps audio, live meters	Yes	Yes
Recording mic (can be enabled, stays on for the recording)	Yes	Yes
Recording length	Up to 40 minutes	Unlimited
Video recording (WEBM or MP4)		Yes
MP3 128/192 kbps and lossless WAV audio		Yes
Muting the recording mic or switching devices mid-recording		Yes
Separate Meet-only and mic-only files alongside the main recording		Yes
Pause and resume, with the timer excluding paused time		Yes
Custom file name template and a Downloads subfolder		Yes
Keyboard shortcut to start or stop (default Alt+Shift+R)		Yes

A free recording that reaches 40 minutes is saved automatically, with a warning at 35 and 39 minutes. To activate Pro, open the extension's Settings, buy Pro or claim an early-bird key by email, then paste the key and click Activate. The key is checked offline on your computer.

How it works

Quick start

1. Download meet-recorder-4.5.0.zip from the latest release and extract it.
2. Open chrome://extensions (in Edge, edge://extensions), turn on Developer mode, click Load unpacked, and select the extracted folder.
3. Open a Google Meet tab, click the extension icon, choose Audio (or Video with Pro), and click Start recording.
4. Click Stop and save when you are done. Chrome downloads the file automatically.

Browser support

Chrome	Edge	Brave	Opera	Vivaldi	Firefox	Safari
Supported 116+	Supported 116+	Expected not tested	Expected not tested	Expected not tested	Not supported	Not supported

• Chrome and Edge were tested with the extension loaded (Chrome 153, Edge 154). In Edge, install from edge://extensions with Developer mode on.
• Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi use the same Chromium engine and should work; they need the tabCapture and offscreen extension APIs. Please report what you find.
• Firefox and Safari cannot record a Meet tab: they have no tabCapture extension API and cannot capture tab audio.
• Mobile browsers are not supported. Chrome on Android and iOS has no extension support.

Screenshots

Choose audio or video

See levels while recording

Choose your microphone

Install

From a release ZIP

1. Download the ZIP from the latest GitHub release, then extract it.
2. Open chrome://extensions in Chrome.
3. Enable Developer mode.
4. Click Load unpacked.
5. Select the extracted folder that directly contains manifest.json.
6. Reload your Google Meet tab, then pin Recorder for Google Meet from Chrome's Extensions menu.

From 4.4.7 on, the extension keeps the same ID in every version, so loading a newer folder keeps your settings. Remove the older unpacked copy first to avoid duplicate cards.

From source

git clone https://github.com/supportefy-dev/meet-recorder.git

Then use Load unpacked and select the cloned repository folder.

If another tab recorder or a Tampermonkey recorder is installed, disable it first to avoid capture conflicts.

How recording works

1. Open the Google Meet tab you want to capture and click the extension icon.
2. Select Audio (or Video with Pro), then click Start recording. Meet audio starts immediately.
3. Optionally click Enable recording mic and approve Chrome's one-time microphone prompt.
4. Reopen the popup at any time to check the timer and live meters.
5. Click Stop and save. Chrome downloads the completed file automatically.

Mode	File	Encoding
Audio	.mp3	Stereo MP3, 64 kbps (Pro: 128 or 192 kbps)
Audio, Pro	.wav	16-bit PCM, about 690 MB per hour
Video, Pro	.webm or .mp4	VP9/VP8 with Opus, or H.264 with AAC where Chrome supports MP4

Files are named with a timestamp, for example google-meet-audio-2026-08-10T12-30-00-000Z.mp3. Pro can change the name template and save into a Downloads subfolder.

The recording microphone is deliberately independent of Google Meet's microphone button: Meet can be muted while the extension records your mic, and Pro can mute the extension's mic or switch devices without changing Meet or interrupting its audio. Microphone permission is requested only when you enable the recording mic.

Known limitations

• Capture starts from the active Meet tab, so start recording while that tab is in front.
• Another extension that is already capturing the tab can block or silence the recording.
• Recordings are saved through Chrome Downloads, in Chrome's download folder.

Privacy and permissions

Recording and encoding happen inside Chrome. The extension creates a local file and hands it to Chrome's download manager; it never uploads recordings or sends them to any server. It stores only the selected microphone and recorder status in chrome.storage.local. Read the full privacy policy.

Permission	Why it is needed
activeTab	Confirms and accesses the Meet tab you selected.
tabCapture	Captures the active Meet tab's audio and optional video.
offscreen	Keeps recording and encoding alive after the popup closes.
downloads	Saves the completed MP3 or WEBM file locally.
storage	Remembers recorder status and the selected microphone.

Always obtain consent from meeting participants and follow the recording laws and workplace policies that apply to you.

Troubleshooting

Meet audio is silent

• Start the recording while the Google Meet tab is active.
• Confirm the Meet tab itself is producing sound.
• Stop other tab-recording extensions that may already own the capture stream.

Microphone is unavailable

• Click Enable recording mic and allow access on the permission page.
• Check Chrome's microphone permission for the extension.
• Choose another device from the extension's microphone list.

Chrome still shows an old icon or interface

Open chrome://extensions, click Reload on the extension card, then reload the Meet tab.

Still stuck? Open an issue with your Chrome version and the steps that fail.

Development

The project uses plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with no build step.

Path	Holds
manifest.json	Manifest V3 extension definition
popup.*	Recorder interface and controls
mic-permission.*	One-time microphone permission screen
offscreen.*	Capture, mixing, metering, and encoding engine
service-worker.js	Recorder lifecycle, state, and downloads
icons/, vendor/	Extension icons; bundled MP3 encoder and its license
assets/media-pack/	Store screenshots, promo tiles, README banner, social preview, and their editable SVGs
assets/readme/, tools/readme-media/	README artwork (icons, dark banner, diagram, demo GIF) and the scripts that rebuild it

Before loading or submitting a change, validate the scripts and manifest:

node --check popup.js
node --check mic-permission.js
node --check offscreen.js
node --check service-worker.js
Get-Content -Raw manifest.json | ConvertFrom-Json | Out-Null

After changing capture behavior, test Audio and Video on a real Meet tab, including mic enable, mute, device switching, popup reopen, and playback of the downloaded file. Issues and focused pull requests are welcome; read CONTRIBUTING.md first.

License

Copyright (c) 2026 Supportefy LLC. All rights reserved. The source is public so you can see exactly what the extension does; it is not licensed for reuse or redistribution.

MP3 encoding uses the bundled @breezystack/lamejs encoder under its own LGPL-3.0 license, included at vendor/lamejs.LICENSE.

Google Meet is a trademark of Google LLC. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.

Support development

Recorder for Google Meet's free tier needs no purchase. If it is useful to you, you can make a one-time donation on PayPal, separately from a Pro purchase; donations do not unlock features.

You can also help by reporting a bug or sharing the project.