https://github.com/mre/timelapse

🎬 Native macOS app for recording timelapse videos of your desktop.
https://github.com/mre/timelapse

cross-platform macos screen-recorder time timelapse timelapses

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🎬 Native macOS app for recording timelapse videos of your desktop.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mre/timelapse
• Owner: mre
• License: apache-2.0
• Archived: true
• Created: 2011-05-11T14:16:03.000Z (almost 14 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-03-09T11:26:47.000Z (12 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-01T22:49:07.991Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: cross-platform, macos, screen-recorder, time, timelapse, timelapses
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://endler.dev/2020/timelapse/
• Size: 2.38 MB
• Stars: 214
• Watchers: 9
• Forks: 18
• Open Issues: 10
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE-APACHE
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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README

        
![timelapse logo](timelapse/resources/logo.svg)

...a little macOS app that records your screen to make a timelapse.

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# Modern Alternative Available

This project is deprecated.

Check out https://github.com/wkaisertexas/ScreenTimeLapse, which is a modern, better maintained alternative.

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![CI](https://github.com/mre/timelapse/workflows/CI/badge.svg)

![GitHub release (latest by date)](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/mre/timelapse)

## Features

- Simple

- Open Source

- Easy to access

- Low memory and CPU usage

- Follows the cursor across screens while recording

## Getting started

1. Make sure that you have `ffmpeg` installed (e.g. run `brew install ffmpeg`).

2. [Download timelapse](https://github.com/mre/timelapse/releases/latest/download/timelapse.zip)

3. Unzip and start the app. If you get a warning about the app being unsigned,

   go to `System Preferences > Security & Privacy` and allow the app to run.

4. A new icon appears in your menubar; start and stop the screen recording from

   there.

   ![A demonstration of starting and stopping a recording from the menubar](timelapse.gif)

timelapse will create a video for you **in your `Movies` folder**.

## Development

If you like to help improve this app, make sure you have at least Python 3.6

installed. First, install the project's dependencies:

```shell

make install

```

Now make changes and run the main application from the commandline:

```shell

make run

```

## License

Licensed under either of

- Apache License, Version 2.0, (LICENSE-APACHE or

  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)

- MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

at your option.

App icon by [gstudioimagen -

www.freepik.com](https://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/people).