FastCast v0.4.0 Open Beta

FastCast v0.4.0 adds FastCast Pro activation, enabling paid Creator Pro licenses through Lemon Squeezy while keeping FastCast Free usable for local recording and streaming.

Highlights

• FastCast Pro is here. Activate a Creator Pro license key right in the app. Activation is local-first: no accounts, no telemetry — the key is sent only to the license server when you click Activate, is stored redacted, and a limited offline grace period covers activated devices that go offline.
• FastCast Free stays free for simple 1080p30 recording and streaming: monitor/window capture, mic + desktop audio, webcam overlay, custom RTMP/RTMPS streaming, and local redacted support bundles.
• FastCast Pro unlocks higher-resolution recording (1440p / 4K) and 60 fps capture where your capture and encoder hardware support them, plus advanced encoder controls.
• Activation robustness fixes: any purchase variant of the Creator Pro product activates correctly, machines with very short computer names can now activate, and misleading "key not accepted" messages for non-key problems were fixed.

Validation

• cargo fmt --all -- --check passed.
• cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings passed.
• cargo test --workspace passed.
• Exact ZIP smoke passed:
  • launch and clean exit with and without a license
  • Pro license activation verified end-to-end against the live store
  • hotkey recording start/stop
  • valid MP4 output

Download

• FastCast-0.4.0-win-x64.zip
• FastCast-0.4.0-win-x64.zip.sha256

SHA-256:
2efa178e8e184e23f4ab8b5b20612db70652ca30f757c2a95299354517c48b9e

Notes

• Unsigned build. Windows SmartScreen may warn about unknown publisher.
• FastCast Free remains free during the open beta; FastCast Pro is a paid license.
• No telemetry, no accounts, no crash upload, no background polling, no auto-update.
• FastCast remains a focused single-scene Windows recorder/streamer, not a full OBS replacement.

FastCast v0.3.3 Open Beta

FastCast v0.3.3 is an Open Beta update focused on webcam overlay control and UI polish.

Highlights

• Added webcam overlay hide/show during active recording.
• Refined the dark UI layout and visual hierarchy.
• Fixed Stream card platform button overlap so YouTube/Twitch/Kick controls no longer collide with the Stream key row.
• Confirmed the earlier webcam corruption symptom was a webcam/USB device-state issue because it reproduced in Windows Camera and cleared after unplug/replug.

Validation

• GitHub CI passed.
• cargo fmt --all -- --check passed.
• cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings passed.
• cargo test --workspace passed.
• Exact ZIP smoke passed:
  • normal recording
  • webcam hide/show during recording
  • clean stop
  • MP4 playback

Download

• FastCast-0.3.3-win-x64.zip
• FastCast-0.3.3-win-x64.zip.sha256

SHA-256:
3fa131022b93ab8250df74890e8091c12c3de558d1b93f53d2a10a50373eb4c7

Notes

• Unsigned build. Windows SmartScreen may warn about unknown publisher.
• Free during Open Beta.
• No telemetry, no accounts, no crash upload, no background polling, no auto-update.
• FastCast remains a focused single-scene Windows recorder/streamer, not a full OBS replacement.

FastCast v0.3.2 Open Beta

FastCast v0.3.2 — Open Beta. Free during the open beta. A native Windows screen recorder and live streamer focused on reliable local recording and custom RTMP/RTMPS streaming.

Download

• FastCast-0.3.2-win-x64.zip — portable, no installer. Extract and run fastcast.exe.
• FastCast-0.3.2-win-x64.zip.sha256 — checksum to verify the download.

SHA-256: fb48f1edc0798753f8a06a2c5aca5ccf39f135b4ba4da38d20e1b7386542a29e

Verify in PowerShell:

Get-FileHash .\FastCast-0.3.2-win-x64.zip -Algorithm SHA256

The build is unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen may warn "unknown publisher" — click More info → Run anyway if you trust the download source.

What's new in v0.3.2

• Packaging / license-notice cleanup only — no recording behavior changes. The app works identically to v0.3.1.
• FastCast is now packaged as proprietary software: the ZIP ships a proprietary LICENSE.txt and a THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.txt instead of app-level LICENSE-MIT / LICENSE-APACHE files.
• Everything from v0.3.1 carries forward — the AMD hardware H.264 fix (Main profile, B-frames pinned to 0; validated on Radeon RX 6700 XT and RX 7900 XTX), the security/privacy audit cleanup, the RTMPS hint, and the public-feed manual update checker.

Privacy

No telemetry, no accounts, no crash upload, no background polling, no auto-update. Your stream key is never saved to disk. Support bundles are local-only and redacted. The only network activity is streaming to your chosen ingest and the manual Check for Updates.

Requirements

Windows 10 (20H1+) or Windows 11, x64. A GPU with hardware H.264 encoding (NVIDIA / AMD / Intel) is strongly recommended; a software fallback is included but slower.

Notes

Currently free during open beta; a Pro version may be added later for advanced creator features (nothing is gated today). FastCast is a focused single-scene tool — no scene system, chroma key, platform OAuth, or multistream yet.

FastCast v0.3.1 Open Beta

FastCast v0.3.1 — Open Beta. Free during the open beta. A native Windows screen recorder and live streamer focused on reliable local recording and custom RTMP/RTMPS streaming.

Download

• FastCast-0.3.1-win-x64.zip — portable, no installer. Extract and run fastcast.exe.
• FastCast-0.3.1-win-x64.zip.sha256 — checksum to verify the download.

SHA-256: 2c56fe389f1c8204610493cee5a4b40209cef3d3dddaaedd9eda617d11a0505f

Verify in PowerShell:

Get-FileHash .\FastCast-0.3.1-win-x64.zip -Algorithm SHA256

The build is unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen may warn "unknown publisher" — click More info → Run anyway if you trust the download source.

What's new in v0.3.1

• AMD hardware H.264 encoding fixed — AMD AMF now uses H.264 Main profile with B-frames pinned to 0, so AMD GPUs use the hardware encoder instead of falling back to software. Validated on tested Radeon RX 6700 XT and RX 7900 XTX systems.
• Security/privacy audit cleanup completed (no high/medium findings).
• RTMPS guidance added in the UI — plain RTMP does not encrypt the stream key in transit.
• Update checker now uses this public release feed; manual and user-initiated only (no auto-update).

Privacy

No telemetry, no accounts, no crash upload, no background polling, no auto-update. Your stream key is never saved to disk. Support bundles are local-only and redacted. The only network activity is streaming to your chosen ingest and the manual Check for Updates.

Requirements

Windows 10 (20H1+) or Windows 11, x64. A GPU with hardware H.264 encoding (NVIDIA / AMD / Intel) is strongly recommended; a software fallback is included but slower.

Notes

Currently free during open beta; a Pro version may be added later for advanced creator features (nothing is gated today). FastCast is a focused single-scene tool — no scene system, chroma key, platform OAuth, or multistream yet.

FastCast v0.3.0

FastCast v0.3.0

A reliability-focused build of FastCast, the beginner-friendly Windows recording and streaming app.

Highlights

• Crash-safe recording. Recordings are written as short, already-finalized segments and joined on Stop, so a crash, kill, or power loss costs at most a few seconds rather than the whole take.
• Bounded memory for fixed-duration recordings. Long timed recordings no longer buffer the whole session in RAM.
• Clearer record-vs-stream workflow and a simplified, beginner-first interface.
• Reliability hardening across capture, audio device changes, and encoder fallback, with clearer on-screen warnings when something needs attention.

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This is a version-feed entry for the in-app update check. Build downloads are distributed separately during the beta.