Show HN: Tinycap, a tiny Mac screen recorder that makes PR-sized GIFs and MP4s

Category: devtools

Tags: macos, screen-recorder, gif, screenshot, swift, menu-bar

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 8, Documentation: 7, Utility: 7)

Tinycap is a native macOS menu-bar screen recorder and screenshot tool that exports PR-friendly MP4, WebM, and GIF files entirely on-device. It stands out for its custom GIF encoder with whole-clip palette and delta-frame optimization, plus a full annotation editor and polished capture workflow.

Target audience: developers and technical users sharing screen recordings in PRs and issues

Repository: https://soleo.github.io/tinycap/ · Swift · MIT · 6 stars

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