macOS menubar · Naked Code

Your screen,
frame by frame.

A macOS menu bar app that captures your screen every 10 seconds
and builds timelapse videos. The code is always open to read.

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10s

capture interval

4fps

video output

1file

readable source

0kb

data sent out

● TC 42

features

Only what you need.
Nothing extra.

⏱

Auto capture

Captures the screen every 10 seconds. The interval is adjustable in the menu.

🎬

Video generation

Once 30+ frames pile up, one Make Video click produces a timelapse mp4.

📦

The code
hides nothing

A screen capture app needs system permissions.
That trust is earned through transparency.
The code stays simple enough for an AI
to verify in thirty seconds.

captures screen every 10s via screencapture
saves to ~/timecap/ only
no network calls
no external data transfer
source: View Source → verify yourself or ask AI

TimeCap.py — Naked Code
· captures screen every 10s
·   via screencapture
· saves to ~/timecap/ only
· no network calls
· no external data transfer

def capture_tick(self, _):
  path = FileManager.new_capture_path()
  result = subprocess.run(
    ["screencapture", "-x",
     "-t", "jpg", path],
    timeout=15
  )

def view_source(self, _):
  subprocess.run(
    ["open", "-t", SOURCE_FILE]
  )

how it works

Like Lego blocks.
Each step independent.

Block 1

Capture

After Start Capture, a shot every 10 seconds. Frames pile up in screenshots/.

auto

Block 2

Make Video

Runs at 30+ frames. Builds a timelapse mp4 with ffmpeg.

manual

Block 3

Archive Move

Moves used jpgs into archive/YYYYMM/. Tidy by month.

manual

Block 4

Log

Failures, idle skips, timeouts — recorded daily in logs/.

auto

Your screen, frame by frame.

Only what you need.Nothing extra.

The codehides nothing

Like Lego blocks.Each step independent.

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Your screen,
frame by frame.

Only what you need.
Nothing extra.

The code
hides nothing

Like Lego blocks.
Each step independent.