# typicode/tlapse

📷 Create a timelapse of your web development... or just automatically take screenshots of your hard work ;)

Repository: https://github.com/typicode/tlapse
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tlapse
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: screenshot, timelapse
Last push: 2018-10-05T13:07:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3528, "days_push": 2889, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2014, forks 60 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:05.399921+00:00)

## What it is
tlapse is a small Node.js CLI utility that periodically takes screenshots of a website during development using Puppeteer, letting you assemble a timelapse of your work. It runs alongside your dev server via npm scripts.

## Use cases
- create a timelapse video of my web development session
- automatically take periodic screenshots of localhost while coding
- capture high-resolution screenshots of my site at intervals
- record visual progress of a frontend project
- snapshot a webpage every few seconds during development

## When to choose
- you want automatic interval-based screenshots of a local dev site
- you want to make a timelapse of your coding progress
- you prefer a simple npm-installed CLI with Puppeteer under the hood

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained tooling (last release 2018)
- you need full-page or multi-page screenshot features beyond intervals
- you need video encoding built in rather than raw screenshots

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: image-processing, developer-tools, cli
- domain: web-development, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: screenshot, timelapse, puppeteer, web-development, automation, nodejs

## Member repositories
- typicode/tlapse (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:05.399921+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 2026-08-30T03:00:50.952790+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/typicode/tlapse (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:05.399921+00:00, sha 59f1d4310f97)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/tlapse (fetched 2026-08-29T10:41:02.867616+00:00, sha 7c78d6a24f40)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.