Takes for Mac
A free, open-source Mac app for talking-head videos.
A free, open-source Mac app for talking-head videos.
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What this product does
A free, open-source Mac app for talking-head videos. A teleprompter that follows your voice, one-button recording of camera and screen, and every take in plain folders. Claude Code, on your own Claude plan, cuts the edit, makes the vertical version and drafts the posts. Leave notes on the frame; it turns them into rules and remembers them.
Company & Maker
Who built Takes for Mac?
- Product
- Record talking-head videos. Claude Code does the edit.
- Live since
- Oct 2026
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Takes for Mac is a free, open-source macOS app for recording talking-head videos with a voice-following teleprompter, one-button camera/screen capture, and plain-folder take storage. It uses Claude Code on the user's own Claude plan to cut edits, generate vertical versions, and draft posts.
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Best-fit workflows
- Records talking-head videos with a voice-following teleprompter and saves each take in plain folders.
- Generates a rough cut and vertical version of a recorded video using Claude Code on the user's Claude plan.
- Drafts social media posts from recorded video content via Claude Code integration.
- Captures camera and screen simultaneously with one-button recording for tutorials or demos.
- Turns frame-level notes into reusable editing rules that the app remembers for future takes.
Pricing reality
Vendor stated
Free, open-source
Actual cost
Free app; requires user's own Claude plan for AI editing features
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Pricing reality
Last updated Oct 2026
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