A delightfully simple native screen and internal audio recorder for macOS. No third-party drivers needed.
100% native. Captured locally on your Mac.
MADE FOR macOS
Trim recordings with 60 FPS timeline scrubbing, audio muting, and in-place overwrite saving directly to the original file.
Non-intrusive bottom-right toast with 7s auto-dismiss, hover-to-pause, 1-click clipboard copy, and rich right-click shortcuts.
Seamlessly captures your Mac's internal audio right alongside your video feed. No third-party drivers or loopback extensions required.
Live duration timer during recording, tap feedback ripples, and custom framerates from 15 FPS to 120 FPS ProMotion.
Record your entire screen, select a specific region, or focus exclusively on a specific application window.
Built with Apple's ScreenCaptureKit and AVFoundation. Directly encodes to .mov using hardware acceleration.
Choose to record your entire screen, a specific app, or click-and-drag to capture a precise region.
A clean countdown timer prepares you for the take. The floating control bar transforms into a live duration readout.
A non-intrusive HUD toast gives you instant playback, 1-click clipboard copy, in-place video editing, or quick Finder reveal.
Rec is a beautifully simple, lightweight alternative to complex screen recording suites. It gets out of your way and does one thing exceptionally well: native, high-quality screen and audio capture without the fuss.
Trim start/end points with smooth timeline scrubbing and mute audio tracks in-place with zero duplicate files.
A subtle notification docked at the bottom-right of your screen lets you copy, edit, or share without center popups.
Most screen recorders require you to install messy third-party loopback extensions. Rec uses native ScreenCaptureKit APIs.
Silky smooth recordings from 15 FPS up to 120 FPS ProMotion with hardware-accelerated Apple Silicon encoding.
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Install and manage Rec automatically with Homebrew:
Alternatively, compile and install locally via Terminal:
First time only: the installer may ask to install Apple's Command Line Tools (a small official Apple download). This lets your Mac build the app locally — which is why macOS trusts it, with no "damaged app" warnings.
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