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What programming languages does VidNo support?

VidNo is completely language-agnostic. It works with any programming language, framework, or tool that you can display on your screen. There is no configuration, no plugin system, and no language-specific setup required.

This is possible because VidNo does not parse your code through a compiler or AST. Instead, it reads your screen content through OCR — the same way a human would watch your recording. It extracts text from your code editor, terminal, browser, and any other visible window. It also detects git diffs by comparing frames over time to identify what changed in your files.

That extracted text gets sent to Claude for script generation. Claude has deep knowledge of virtually every programming language in active use, so it can intelligently explain Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java, C++, C#, Ruby, PHP, Swift, Kotlin, Elixir, Haskell, Scala, Dart, Lua, R, SQL, and dozens more. It understands frameworks too — React, Next.js, Django, Rails, Spring Boot, FastAPI, Express, SvelteKit, you name it.

Beyond traditional programming, VidNo works just as well for infrastructure and DevOps content. Recording yourself writing Terraform configs, Kubernetes manifests, Docker Compose files, CI/CD pipelines, or shell scripts produces equally strong results. The OCR captures the content and Claude understands the context.

VidNo also handles mixed-language sessions naturally. If your coding session involves writing a Go backend, a TypeScript frontend, and some SQL migrations, VidNo tracks all of it and produces a coherent script that covers each layer.

The only practical limitation is screen readability. If your font size is extremely small or your recording resolution is low, OCR accuracy drops. We recommend at least a 14px font and 1080p recording resolution for reliable text extraction. Beyond that, any language works out of the box.

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