3.8 MB · SwiftUI · Zero Electron

Built with macOS frameworks, not a bundled browser.

A tool that records 60fps video while you compile code or run a local dev server has no business eating a gigabyte of RAM for its own UI. Ocelo is written entirely in Swift on top of ScreenCaptureKit, Core Image, Vision, and AVFoundation — the whole app bundle is 5.5 MB.

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macOS 15 (Sequoia)+ · Apple silicon · 5.5 MB download · Every feature. Clean 720p exports up to 60 seconds.

5.5 MB on disk, zero bundled runtimes

No Chromium helper processes, no bundled FFmpeg binary, and no 1.5 GB Whisper weights duplicated inside the app. Ocelo uses the hardware encoders and speech models macOS already manages.

No Accessibility permission required

Many recorders install a global `CGEventTap` to watch clicks and keystrokes, which grants them permission to read every password you type. Ocelo polls pointer coordinates at 120 Hz without an event tap and never asks for Accessibility access.

What you scrub is what you export

The interactive editor preview and the final H.264/HEVC exporter run the exact same Core Image `Compositor` and `TimeMap`. There is no separate preview approximation that disagrees with the rendered file.

How it compares

Designed for macOS, not a cloud dashboard.

What matters	Ocelo	Typical cloud / Electron recorder
Application size	5.5 MB native binary	250 MB–1.5 GB with bundled Chromium & model weights
Permissions requested	Screen Recording (plus Camera/Mic only if you select them)	Screen Recording + Accessibility keystroke event tap
System wallpapers	Read in-place from `/System` without duplicating files	50 MB–200 MB of bundled stock backgrounds inside the app
Telemetry & cloud	Zero network calls during capture, editing, or export	Background analytics, cloud accounts, and upload queues

Pricing

Pay once, or pay a little each year.

Both give you the same app with nothing held back. Tax is handled by Polar, our merchant of record, and shown before you pay.

Best value

$79once

Yours to keep. No renewal.

Buy it outright

Every feature — there is no upper tier
Up to 3 Macs
Captions generated on your Mac, no per-minute charge
Full-resolution exports with no duration limit
Works offline
Every update to version 1

$24a year

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Every feature — there is no upper tier
Up to 3 Macs
Captions generated on your Mac, no per-minute charge
Full-resolution exports with no duration limit
Works offline
Updates for as long as you subscribe

Free, and it doesn't expire

Every feature, on your real work, for as long as you like. Export clean 720p videos up to 60 seconds — record as long as you want and cut it down. Nothing else is held back: no feature is greyed out and there is nothing to sign up for.

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Questions

Straight answers.

Which macOS versions and Macs are supported?

Ocelo requires an Apple silicon Mac running macOS 15 (Sequoia) or later. On-device caption generation uses Apple’s SpeechAnalyzer framework on macOS 26.

How does Ocelo detect clicks for auto-zoom without Accessibility permission?

Ocelo polls global pointer coordinates and left-mouse button state at 120 Hz using standard Quartz window and event state APIs (`CGEventSource`), mapping them to the target window’s live bounds without installing an intrusive event tap.

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