Yapcam

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Download Yapcam for Mac (DMG)

Requires macOS 15 or later on a Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or newer). Intel Macs are not supported. The app is signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple. Each release lists the SHA-256 of its DMG.

1. Open the DMG and drag Yapcam to Applications.
2. Start Yapcam. It walks you through the macOS permissions it needs, one per page, starting with Screen Recording.
3. Pick a display, window or area in the toolbar and press record. Stop, and the editor opens.

Yapcam checks for updates when it starts (Sparkle, signed updates, no system profile sent). When one is available, the toolbar shows Update; you can also use Yapcam ▸ Check for Updates… and turn the automatic check off in Settings. Every version is also on GitHub Releases. Your projects stay where they are.

What it does

• Record a display, a window or an area, with system audio, microphone and camera.
• Automatic zoom on clicks, smooth cursor, click effects, cursor size and style.
• Trim and cut on a timeline, backgrounds, padding, rounded corners and shadows.
• On-device captions (Apple speech recognition), vertical 9:16 and other aspect ratios.
• Export MP4, MOV or GIF, or copy the exported file straight to the clipboard.
• Everything stays on your Mac: no account, no upload, no telemetry, no watermark.

Known limitations

See docs/KNOWN_LIMITATIONS.md. In short: Apple Silicon and macOS 15+ only, no cloud sharing links.

Support

Report bugs and questions in GitHub Issues. Please include your macOS version, your Mac model and the Yapcam version (Yapcam ▸ About Yapcam).

Build from source

Requirements: macOS 15+, Apple Silicon, Xcode 26 (or matching Command Line Tools), Rust stable.

scripts/install-hooks.sh     # secret/media guard for commits
scripts/build-app.sh         # builds and signs build/Yapcam.app
open build/Yapcam.app

build-app.sh signs with a local identity named Yapcam Dev Signing if present (stable app identity, so macOS privacy permissions survive rebuilds) and falls back to ad-hoc signing. See docs/SETUP.md. Release packaging, signing and notarization: docs/RELEASE.md. Project status: docs/STATUS.md.

License

Apache License 2.0, see LICENSE and NOTICE. Third-party components and their licenses: docs/THIRD_PARTY.md. The app bundle carries the same notices (Help ▸ Third-Party Notices).