What is this?
Caplo is a native macOS screen recording and video editing tool. As soon as you stop recording it drops you straight into its own editor to polish camera zoom, cursor, canvas and subtitles before you export the final clip.
Caplo is a native macOS screen recording and video editing tool. As soon as you stop recording it drops you straight into its own editor to polish camera zoom, cursor, canvas and subtitles before you export the final clip.Is this just a screen recorder, or does it edit too?Both — recording and editing are one flow. After you stop recording, Caplo opens directly into its built-in editor for lens/zoom, cursor styling, canvas, overlays, subtitles and audio cleanup before you export.
Both — recording and editing are one flow. After you stop recording, Caplo opens directly into its built-in editor for lens/zoom, cursor styling, canvas, overlays, subtitles and audio cleanup before you export.How do I get Caplo running?The official DMG builds are published through GitHub Actions to Cloudflare R2 for download and in-app updates (via Sparkle); to build it yourself, generate the Xcode project from project.yml with `xcodegen generate` and build in Xcode.
The official DMG builds are published through GitHub Actions to Cloudflare R2 for download and in-app updates (via Sparkle); to build it yourself, generate the Xcode project from project.yml with `xcodegen generate` and build in Xcode.What do I need to build or run it?You need macOS 15 or later to run it and Xcode 16+ (Swift 6 with strict concurrency checking) to build it from source; on first launch you also have to grant screen recording, camera and microphone permissions.
You need macOS 15 or later to run it and Xcode 16+ (Swift 6 with strict concurrency checking) to build it from source; on first launch you also have to grant screen recording, camera and microphone permissions.Any gotchas when building from source?Builds are signed with a fixed development certificate specifically so macOS doesn't revoke the screen-recording permission on every rebuild; the unsigned build flags are meant only for isolated test builds, not your everyday Caplo.app.
Builds are signed with a fixed development certificate specifically so macOS doesn't revoke the screen-recording permission on every rebuild; the unsigned build flags are meant only for isolated test builds, not your everyday Caplo.app.How does the automatic camera zoom work?Caplo analyzes clicks and pointer movement to auto-generate focus/zoom shots, and you can add, remove or tweak each one afterward on the timeline.
Caplo analyzes clicks and pointer movement to auto-generate focus/zoom shots, and you can add, remove or tweak each one afterward on the timeline.What can I export to?You can export to H.264 or HEVC MP4, ProRes 422 MOV, or GIF, at up to 4K resolution.
You can export to H.264 or HEVC MP4, ProRes 422 MOV, or GIF, at up to 4K resolution.Can I record camera, mic and system audio alongside the screen?Yes — it captures camera, microphone and system audio together with the screen in a single recording, and its own floating control overlay is excluded from the captured footage.
Yes — it captures camera, microphone and system audio together with the screen in a single recording, and its own floating control overlay is excluded from the captured footage.Can keystrokes show up in my recording?Keystroke capture is off by default and requires granting Input Monitoring permission; once enabled, pressed keys appear as keycaps on their own timeline track that you can delete separately.
Keystroke capture is off by default and requires granting Input Monitoring permission; once enabled, pressed keys appear as keycaps on their own timeline track that you can delete separately.What are similar projects?filmcraft, tendedero, Recordly, Ice, OpenYoink, better-voice, parrot, jot-gemini-transcribe-macOS
filmcraft, tendedero, Recordly, Ice, OpenYoink, better-voice, parrot, jot-gemini-transcribe-macOSWhich topics is it in?screen-recorder, video-editor, screen-recording, shaders, transcription, screenshot, video-editing, menu-bar, audio-processing, swiftui, metal, speech-to-text
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