# lihaoyun6/QuickRecorder

A lightweight screen recorder based on ScreenCapture Kit for macOS / 基于 ScreenCapture Kit 的轻量化多功能 macOS 录屏工具

Repository: https://github.com/lihaoyun6/QuickRecorder
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/quickrecorder
Homepage: https://lihaoyun6.github.io/quickrecorder/
Language: Swift
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2025-06-11T07:47:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 38/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 26, release rhythm 40, longevity 61
- inputs: {"age_days": 864, "days_push": 448, "days_rel": 448, "gap_med": 7, "n_releases_24m": 20}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8609, forks 509 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:23.794874+00:00)

## What it is
QuickRecorder is a lightweight, open-source screen recording application for macOS built on Apple's ScreenCapture Kit API. It records screens, windows, applications, and mobile devices with features like driver-free audio loopback, mouse highlighting, presenter overlay, and HEVC with Alpha output.

## Use cases
- record my mac screen for free
- capture a single application window as video
- record screen with system audio without installing drivers
- record iphone or ipad screen on mac
- overlay my camera on screen recording
- record video with alpha channel for final cut
- lightweight alternative to OBS for screen recording

## When to choose
- you need a free, lightweight macOS screen recorder without heavy setup
- you want to record windows, apps, or iOS devices with system audio
- you need HEVC with Alpha or presenter overlay features on modern macOS

## When to avoid
- you need video editing, streaming, or multi-scene composition
- you are on macOS older than 12.3
- you require an App Store-notarized sandboxed application

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, gui
- domain: media, desktop-applications, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: screen-recorder, screencapture-kit, swift, screen-capture, hevc, open-source, macos

## Member repositories
- lihaoyun6/QuickRecorder (main) score 38

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:23.794874+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:25:53.914495+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lihaoyun6/QuickRecorder (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:23.794874+00:00, sha 131f9ee8dfb2)
  - homepage: https://lihaoyun6.github.io/quickrecorder/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:15.051520+00:00, sha 8a866604ade8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.