...a little macOS app that records your screen to make a timelapse.

Modern Alternative Available

This project is deprecated. Check out https://github.com/wkaisertexas/ScreenTimeLapse, which is a modern, better maintained alternative.

Features

Make sure that you have ffmpeg installed (e.g. run brew install ffmpeg).
Download timelapse
Unzip and start the app. If you get a warning about the app being unsigned, go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy and allow the app to run.
A new icon appears in your menubar; start and stop the screen recording from there.

timelapse will create a video for you in your Movies folder.

If you like to help improve this app, make sure you have at least Python 3.6 installed. First, install the project's dependencies:

make install

Now make changes and run the main application from the commandline:

make run

Licensed under either of

Apache License, Version 2.0, (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

at your option.