What is BetterCapture?
Free and open source screen recorder with professional encoding support.
Verified product facts
- Type
- screenshot toolEditorially reviewed
- Platform
- macOS
- Pricing
- Open sourceDeveloper-stated
- Open source
- Yes
- Relationship to Nuanyue
- Third-party product — not published by NuanyueEditorially reviewed
- Licence
- MIT
- Current version
- 2026.4Developer-stated
- Official website
- jsattler.github.io/BetterCapture/
Last updated . Facts marked developer-stated come from the developer and are not independently confirmed; editorially reviewed marks a Nuanyue judgement.
Key features
What BetterCapture does at a glance.
Native macOS integration
Built with SwiftUI and ScreenCaptureKit, lives in your menu bar
Professional encoding
ProRes 422/4444, HEVC (H.265), and H.264 codecs with support for alpha channel and HDR
Flexible audio capture
Record system audio and microphone simultaneously
Content filtering
Exclude specific content from recordings
Privacy-focused
No tracking, no analytics, all recordings stored locally
MIT licensed
Free and open source
Overview
Free and open source screen recorder with professional encoding support.
BetterCapture runs on macOS and is listed on Nuanyue in the design category.
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