Hey everyone,
I needed a solid screen recorder, so I built one. Feedback has been very positive so far, so I wanted to share it here:
BetterCapture is a menu bar screen recorder for macOS. It's built with SwiftUI and ScreenCaptureKit, uses the native Content Picker to select what you record, and supports ProRes 422/4444, HEVC, and H.264 — including alpha channel and HDR. Frame rates from 24 to 120fps. System audio and mic simultaneously. You can also exclude specific things from recordings, like the menu bar, dock, or wallpaper.
No tracking, no analytics, no cloud uploads, no account. MIT licensed. Everything stays on your Mac.
Install via Homebrew (brew install jsattler/tap/bettercapture) or download and install manually. App Store submission is in progress but moving slowly. DMG is signed and notarized.
I used QuickRecorder before this. It covered what I needed, but after upgrading to macOS 26 a few things broke, including the wallpaper transparency feature. I thought about contributing a fix, but the project had a lot of open issues and hadn't been updated in months, so I wasn't sure anything would land. Decided to build my own instead and spent the past few weeks on it.
Still early, so rough edges exist. Happy to hear feedback.
GitHub: https://github.com/jsattler/BetterCapture
Website: https://jsattler.github.io/BetterCapture
I needed a solid screen recorder, so I built one. Feedback has been very positive so far, so I wanted to share it here:
BetterCapture is a menu bar screen recorder for macOS. It's built with SwiftUI and ScreenCaptureKit, uses the native Content Picker to select what you record, and supports ProRes 422/4444, HEVC, and H.264 — including alpha channel and HDR. Frame rates from 24 to 120fps. System audio and mic simultaneously. You can also exclude specific things from recordings, like the menu bar, dock, or wallpaper.
No tracking, no analytics, no cloud uploads, no account. MIT licensed. Everything stays on your Mac.
Install via Homebrew (brew install jsattler/tap/bettercapture) or download and install manually. App Store submission is in progress but moving slowly. DMG is signed and notarized.
I used QuickRecorder before this. It covered what I needed, but after upgrading to macOS 26 a few things broke, including the wallpaper transparency feature. I thought about contributing a fix, but the project had a lot of open issues and hadn't been updated in months, so I wasn't sure anything would land. Decided to build my own instead and spent the past few weeks on it.
Still early, so rough edges exist. Happy to hear feedback.
GitHub: https://github.com/jsattler/BetterCapture
Website: https://jsattler.github.io/BetterCapture
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