# mmozeiko/wcap

Small and efficient screen recording utility for Windows 10 and 11

Repository: https://github.com/mmozeiko/wcap
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wcap
Language: C
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Topics: screen-capture, screen-recorder, h264, hevc, mp4
Last push: 2026-06-16T08:07:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 71/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 87, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1811, "days_push": 78, "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 1245, forks 66 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:06.990636+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, gui
- domain: media, windows, desktop-applications, developer-tools
- platform: windows
- tags: screen-recorder, screen-capture, h264, hevc, av1, mp4, hardware-encoding, windows-graphics-capture, wasapi

## Member repositories
- mmozeiko/wcap (main) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.990636+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 2026-08-30T05:08:10.795558+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mmozeiko/wcap (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.990636+00:00, sha ba5c0923cc47)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.