mmozeiko/wcap
Small and efficient screen recording utility for Windows 10 and 11 observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
71/100
- Activity 87
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 1811
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 78
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1245 stars · 66 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
wcap is a small, efficient screen recording utility for Windows 10 and 11 built in C. It uses the Windows.Graphics.Capture API and hardware-accelerated Media Foundation encoding to record monitors, windows, or fixed regions to MP4 with H264/HEVC/AV1 video and AAC/FLAC audio at very low CPU usage.
Use cases
- record my screen on windows with low cpu usage
- capture a single application window including its audio
- record a fixed region of the monitor to mp4
- screen record with hardware accelerated h264 or hevc encoding
- record screen without capturing the mouse cursor
- capture gameplay or app demo video with system audio
- limit screen recording length or output file size
When to choose
- you need a lightweight, portable Windows screen recorder with minimal CPU overhead
- you want hardware-accelerated H264/HEVC/AV1 encoding to MP4
- you need per-application audio capture or region/window/monitor capture modes
- you prefer a small standalone exe with hotkey-driven recording
When to avoid
- you need screen recording on macOS or Linux
- you require advanced editing, annotations, or webcam overlay features
- you need cross-platform or scriptable/CLI-driven capture workflows
- you need formats other than MP4 or codecs beyond H264/HEVC/AV1
Facets
application · maturity active
video-processing audio-processing gui media windows desktop-applications developer-tools windows screen-recorder screen-capture h264 hevc av1 mp4 hardware-encoding windows-graphics-capture wasapi
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/mmozeiko/wcap · fetched 2026-08-28 · ba5c0923cc47
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mmozeiko/wcap | main | 71 |
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