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jsattler/BetterCapture

The macOS screen recorder for the rest of us - always free and open source with a native look and feel 📺

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How fast jsattler/BetterCapture is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Sep 6 – Nov 5, 2026

Stars +86 in 61 days

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Forks +12 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 0 in 61 days

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
DayStars gainedForks gainedMerged PRs
Sun, Sep 6, 2026+2+00
Mon, Sep 7, 2026+0+00
Tue, Sep 8, 2026+5+00
Wed, Sep 9, 2026+0+00
Thu, Sep 10, 2026+0+00
Fri, Sep 11, 2026+1+00
Sat, Sep 12, 2026+1+00
Sun, Sep 13, 2026+0+00
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+5+10
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+2+00
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+0+10
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+1+00
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+4+00
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+0+10
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+2+00
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+3+00
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+5+00
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+0+00
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+2+10
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+6+00
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+0+00
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+0+00
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+2+00
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+2+00
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+0+00
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+0+00
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+0+00
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+2+10
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+3+00
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+1+00
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+2+00
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+1+00
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+0+00
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+2+00
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+1+10
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+0+00
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+3+00
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+1+00
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+4+00
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+2+00
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+1+00
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+0+00
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+0+00
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+2+00
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+0+00
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+1+00
Thu, Oct 22, 2026+1+00
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+1+10
Sat, Oct 24, 2026+0+00
Sun, Oct 25, 2026+0+00
Mon, Oct 26, 2026+4+00
Tue, Oct 27, 2026+6+10
Wed, Oct 28, 2026+0+20
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+0+10
Fri, Oct 30, 2026+0+00
Sat, Oct 31, 2026+0+00
Sun, Nov 1, 2026+2+10
Mon, Nov 2, 2026+0+00
Tue, Nov 3, 2026+2+00
Wed, Nov 4, 2026+1+00
Thu, Nov 5, 2026+0+00
Total+86+120
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    1. Nov 11 post

      • 系统自带录屏太素，商业录屏导出高清要订阅。 BetterCapture 是 Mac 开源录屏：全屏/窗口/选区，可同时录系统声和麦克风，录完就地裁剪标注导 MP4/GIF，支持摄像头画中画，免费无水印。

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    2. 2 months earlier
    3. Aug 301 post

      • 推荐两个开源免费的Mac 录屏软件，我最近都在用，有些时候录制视频分享到X 上，都很好用： BetterCapture recordly 注意，和常规app 不同，录屏软件都是在系统上方任务栏里使用菜单操作，并且先要赋予其屏幕录制权限。

        Read full on X, posted by @LinearUncle

        @LinearUncle · x.com

    4. 3 months earlier
    5. May 261 post

      • 🆔名称：BetterCapture 📁简介：适合我们普通人的macOS屏幕录制工具——永远免费且开源，拥有原生界面和操作体验。 ➡️地址： 🔗Link 1： 🔗Link 2：

        Read full on X, posted by @headbuff00

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