QuickRecorder
The facts below are what the maker publishes about QuickRecorder, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from QuickRecorder's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Additional features
- The README lists mouse highlighting and a screen magnifier among its features.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Audio
- It supports driver-free audio loopback recording on macOS 13 and later.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Audio capture
- It supports driver-free audio loopback recording; the maker’s site says this is available on macOS 13 and later.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Audio tracks
- By default, microphone audio is merged into the main audio track; a setting can record system and microphone audio to separate tracks for editing.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The maker links to GitHub downloads and documents installation through Homebrew.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The GitHub repository identifies the project as licensed under AGPL-3.0.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Microphone recording
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Presenter overlay
- On macOS 14, it can overlay the camera in real time on recordings; macOS 12 and 13 use a camera floating window.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- QuickRecorder is a lightweight, open-source screen recorder for macOS.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Recording sources
- It can record screens, windows, applications, and mobile devices.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Recording targets
- It can record screens, windows, apps, and mobile devices.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- The maker says the app has not been notarized by Apple and advises users not to trust apps that have not been notarized.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security and trust
- The maker says the app has not been notarized by Apple and advises users not to trust apps that have not been notarized.checked 12 Oct 2026
- System audio
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- System requirement
- QuickRecorder requires macOS 12.3 or later.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Video format
- It can record HEVC with Alpha video, which the README says is currently supported by iMovie and FCPX.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Webcam recording
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- App Store
- The README says QuickRecorder has no plans to be uploaded to the App Store, so it does not need to be designed as a sandbox app.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Device recording
- It can record a Mac and an iPhone or iPad at the same time, but this feature does not work in single-window recording mode.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- macoschecked 22 Sep 2026
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