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Download GaugeReel

Download the GaugeReel desktop app from gaugereel.net. Create telemetry overlays on your own computer, with no account needed. Free is an ongoing $0 plan: transparent PNG sequences and chroma-key MP4 up to 1920 pixels wide, 1080 high and 30 fps, with no watermark or time limit. Finish the video in your editor. Windows and macOS are ready now; a Linux build is on the way.

Free · v0.5.3· Windows & macOS now · Linux soon
Latest releasev0.5.3

Free OSM Dark & Light basemaps

Map gauges get free built-in OSM Dark and OSM Light basemaps, optional CARTO styles with your own key, and no more CARTO watermark or tile seams.

No telemetry, no lock-in. Your footage never leaves your machine.
Windows

Windows

Available now

A prebuilt release binary, published on every tagged version. Grab it and go.

Apple

macOS

Apple silicon + Intel

A native desktop build for Apple silicon and Intel Macs. Linux is on the way.

LinuxYour system

Linux

Coming soon

A prebuilt Linux build is on the way — the next platform on the roadmap.

Coming soon

Prebuilt binaries for Windows and macOS (Apple silicon + Intel). A Linux build is on the way.

Getting started

From your recording to a finished video

Import your activity, align the gauges, and export the layer. Finish the video in a compatible editor. No GaugeReel account required.

  1. 1

    Import

    Import a recorded FIT/GPX activity or GoPro MP4 with GPMF. Pair DJI or Insta360 footage with a supported activity file.

  2. 2

    Sync

    Scrub the timeline and nudge the offset until the gauges line up with the action on screen.

  3. 3

    Design

    Add the Free gauges and styles for the readings in your file, then move and resize them over the clip.

  4. 4

    Export

    Free renders a transparent PNG sequence or chroma-key MP4, up to 1920 pixels wide, 1080 high and 30 fps. Basic adds ProRes 4444 MOV and VP9 WebM.

  5. 5

    Finish in your video editor

    Place the layer above your footage, remove the colored background for chroma MP4, and export the finished video in your editor.

Keep using Free for as long as its gauges and formats fit your videos. Basic and Premium are optional upgrades for more gauges, styles and export options.

Follow the file-to-editor walkthrough
What's new

Free OSM Dark & Light basemaps

v0.5.3Sep 12, 2026

Map gauges get free built-in OSM Dark and OSM Light basemaps, optional CARTO styles with your own key, and no more CARTO watermark or tile seams.

Read the full changelog
  • NewFree built-in OSM Dark and OSM Light map basemaps (no API key needed) — now the default for new map gauges.
  • NewCARTO Dark / CARTO Light basemaps with your own CARTO API key — enter and verify it right under the Basemap picker in the Inspector.
  • FixedMap gauges no longer show CARTO’s “API KEY REQUIRED” watermark (CARTO started requiring a key); projects saved with a CARTO style render the free equivalent until a key is added.
  • FixedFaint seam lines between map tiles.
  • New--carto-key option in the CLI exporter.
System requirements

What it needs to run

GaugeReel is light. Exporting an image sequence needs nothing extra; video export leans on ffmpeg.

Disk

~300 MB app · plus space for renders

GPU encode

Optional hardware encoder on any tier

Codecs

ffmpeg for MOV / WebM / MP4 export

Display

1280×800 or larger recommended

A note on ffmpeg

Exporting to a MOV, WebM or MP4 file uses ffmpeg. GaugeReel uses the bundled copy if one is present, otherwise it falls back to an ffmpeg on your PATH. Exporting a transparent PNG image sequence needs nothing extra — it works out of the box.

Ready when you are

Download free and render your first overlay tonight.

Prebuilt for Windows and macOS, with a Linux build on the way. No account required to export.