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Dev tools · June 24, 2019

Window Recorder

Pixel fitted window recordings in MP4 and GIF for macOS

Window Recorder launched on June 24, 2019 with 6 votes, #977 of 2,757 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.

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What it does

In a similar manner to the macOS screenshot tool, Window Recorder allows you capture a screen recording of the area of a single window. Supports both MP4 and GIF as target formats.

Window Recorder is the missing piece in the macOS screencapture tool. With screencapture , you have the following options: This is where Window Recorder comes in, allowing you to snap to the area of just a single window, same as screencapture can do for screenshots. Window Recorder comes with a global service aptly named Record Window . From any application, click on the application name in the menu bar > Services > Record Window. This will open Window Recorder in the same way as if launched manually. As can be seen in the screenshot above, the Record Window service can be bound to a global keyboard shortcut, in the same manner as the built-in screencapture tool. This combination cannot be…from window-recorder.rhardih.io

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