the most efficient screen recorder for mac.
Download · Docs · For your agents · Contributing · CLI
Wrec records displays or windows with a native ScreenCaptureKit pipeline, writes
hardware-encoded .mov files, and gives you both a small GPUI app and a
JSON-friendly CLI for scripts and agents.
Note
Wrec is still early public software. Release builds are not notarized, so macOS blocks the first launch of an app downloaded with a browser. The install script below is not affected (and neither is the CLI); if you drag the app in from a browser download instead, clear the quarantine recursively (the nested helpers are quarantined separately) and reopen:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Wrec.app- Native macOS app built with Rust and GPUI.
- Standalone
wrecCLI for terminals, scripts, and coding agents. - Display and window capture.
- HEVC by default, with H.264 available.
- 30 FPS and 60 FPS recording.
- Resolution controls for 720p, 1080p, 2K, 4K, and native capture.
- Cursor capture, system audio capture, microphone capture, and Wrec-window hiding toggles.
- Pause, resume, stop, queued jobs, and recording status.
- JSON output for target discovery, job control, errors, metrics, and logs.
- Local recording history and metrics stored separately from media files.
The app:
curl -fsSL https://wrec.app/install-app | shThe installer downloads the latest release, verifies its checksum, and
installs it into /Applications with no Gatekeeper warning (curl downloads
are never quarantined). You can also download the build from
GitHub Releases
and drag it into /Applications yourself — see the quarantine note above.
Either way the app then updates itself in place: About → Check for updates
(the update is digest-verified and relaunches without the Gatekeeper
warning).
The CLI — for terminals, scripts, and coding agents:
curl -fsSL https://wrec.app/install | shThe CLI installer grabs the archive for your Mac, installs the runtime
under /usr/local/lib/wrec, and places a managed wrapper at
/usr/local/bin/wrec. Update it later with wrec update (or check first
with wrec update --check).
- macOS 15+.
- Apple Silicon is the primary target.
- Screen Recording permission for the app or terminal.
- Audio Recording permission when system audio capture is enabled.
- Microphone permission when microphone capture is enabled.
App config and SQLite data:
~/Library/Application Support/Wrec
Default recording output:
~/Movies/<app name>
Daemon files for local automation:
~/.wrec/wrec.sock
~/.wrec/daemon.log
Set WREC_HOME to override the daemon directory for tests or isolated agents.
Building from source, development checks, and packaging live in CONTRIBUTING.md. Wrec's north star is recording efficiency: low memory footprint, low CPU usage, and clear controls for people and agents.
MIT