24/7 screen recording for Mac, with audio and AI search
screenpipe records your Mac screen and audio continuously in the background. Search any moment with AI. Like a dashcam for your computer.
Quick answer
Record your Mac screen with audio 24/7 automatically. screenpipe captures screen, system audio & mic continuously with AI search. Open source macOS screen recorder.
Screen recording on Mac shouldn't be manual
Built-in Mac tools require you to start and stop recording. By the time you think to record, the moment has passed.
You need to remember to start recording before the meeting
QuickTime and Screenshot.app don't capture system audio easily
No way to search through past recordings
Screen recordings pile up as large video files with no organization
Can't record mic and system audio together without extra tools
Automatic screen recording with AI
screenpipe runs in the background on your Mac, continuously recording screen and audio. text is extracted directly from apps, audio is transcribed. Everything is searchable with AI.
Always recording
No start/stop buttons. screenpipe captures your screen continuously. If it happened on screen, it's recorded.
Screen + audio together
Records screen content, system audio, and microphone simultaneously. No extra audio routing tools needed.
AI-powered search
Text is extracted directly from apps via accessibility APIs (OCR fallback), audio is transcribed. Search everything: 'what was that error message?' or 'what did they say about the API?'
Low resource usage
Hardware-accelerated encoding on Apple Silicon. Uses less than 1% CPU. Runs all day without slowing your Mac.
How it works
Install on your Mac
Download screenpipe for macOS. Works on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.
Grant screen recording permission
macOS will ask for screen recording and microphone permissions. One-time setup.
It records automatically
screenpipe captures your screen, system audio, and mic in the background. Search through everything anytime.
Code examples
Search screen content via API
Find any text that appeared on your Mac screen.
curl "http://localhost:3030/search?q=error+message&content_type=ocr&limit=5&app_name=Terminal"Key benefits
Frequently asked questions
Install screenpipe and grant screen recording permission. It automatically captures both your screen and system audio. No extra audio routing or virtual audio devices needed. Works out of the box on macOS 15+.
About 5-10 GB per day with screenpipe's compression. The app uses hardware-accelerated encoding on Apple Silicon for efficient storage. You can set retention limits to automatically delete old recordings.
No. screenpipe uses hardware-accelerated encoding and typically uses less than 1% CPU. It's designed for 24/7 use without impacting your Mac's performance.
screenpipe records all screens by default, but you can filter search results by app name. You can also configure which screens to record if you have multiple monitors.