macOS app that continuously captures your screen activity with OCR-powered search and analytics
Features · Getting Started · Tech Stack
- Continuous Screen Capture — Automatically records screenshots of your desktop activity throughout the day
- OCR-Powered Search — Full-text search across all captured screens using Apple Vision framework for accurate text recognition
- Timeline View — Browse your activity chronologically with an interactive timeline interface
- App Analytics — Pie charts and weekly trend views showing how you spend time across applications
- Active App Tracking — Detects the frontmost application and window title via Accessibility APIs
- Privacy Controls — Built-in privacy manager to exclude specific apps or time periods
- Data Retention — Configurable retention policies to automatically clean up old captures
- Menu Bar Access — Quick access from the macOS menu bar
- macOS 14.0+
- Xcode 15+
- Screen Recording & Accessibility permissions
git clone https://github.com/your-username/DesktopRecord.git
cd DesktopRecordOpen DesktopRecord.xcodeproj in Xcode and build (⌘B), or generate the project with XcodeGen:
xcodegen generate
open DesktopRecord.xcodeproj| Category | Technology |
|---|---|
| Language | Swift 5.9 |
| UI | SwiftUI |
| OCR | Apple Vision Framework |
| Database | SQLite |
| Build | XcodeGen (project.yml) |
| Platform | macOS 14.0+ |
DesktopRecord/
├── DesktopRecord/
│ ├── Models/ # Data models (AppInfo)
│ ├── Services/ # Core services
│ │ ├── ActiveAppTracker.swift
│ │ ├── OCRService.swift
│ │ ├── SearchEngine.swift
│ │ ├── AnalyticsService.swift
│ │ ├── StorageManager.swift
│ │ ├── PrivacyManager.swift
│ │ └── RetentionManager.swift
│ ├── ViewModels/ # View models
│ ├── Views/ # SwiftUI views
│ │ ├── ContentView.swift
│ │ ├── Timeline/
│ │ ├── Search/
│ │ ├── Analytics/
│ │ └── MenuBar/
│ └── Utilities/ # Constants & helpers
├── project.yml # XcodeGen configuration
└── DerivedData/
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