...a little macOS app that records your screen to make a timelapse.
- Simple
- Minimal CPU usage
- Extensible
- Follows the cursor across screens while recording
There are many alternative solutions available. Most of them fall into one of these categories:
- Commercial applications
- Custom scripts based on Automator and AppleScript
- Freeware
This project provides an Open-Source alternative that is both, easy to use and understand. If you did something cool with the app, let us know. :)
- macOS (any version)
- ffmpeg (run
brew install ffmpeg)
- Download the app from the releases page.
- Start the app. If you get a warning about the app being unsigned,
go to the
System Preferences > Security & Privacyand allow the app from there. - A new icon appears in the menubar.
- By clicking on it, you start and stop the screen recording.
- Once you've finished recording,
timelapsewill create a video for you
and print the output path to the commandline.
You need Python 3.5+ for development.
First, install the project's dependencies:
make installNow run the main application from the commandline:
make runLicensed under either of
- Apache License, Version 2.0, (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
- MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
App icon by gstudioimagen - www.freepik.com.