macOS  ·  Open Source  ·  Free

Record what
you're hearing.

Home Rec captures your Mac's audio output as a lossless WAV — no drivers, no routing tricks, no setup. One click from the menu bar.

macOS 12.3+ Apple Silicon & Intel No account required
Features

Built for how you
actually work.

Menu bar, always there

Home Rec lives in your menu bar and stays running when you close the window. One click opens a compact popover — waveform, timer, record button. Trigger a recording without switching focus.

Lossless WAV, every time

48kHz stereo PCM. No compression. No codec artifacts. Whatever goes in comes out exactly as it sounded — ready for Ableton, Logic Pro, any DAW, any audio editor, no questions asked.

Live waveform feedback

Real-time amplitude visualization confirms audio is actually flowing — not just a blinking dot. The waveform appears in both the popover and the main window so you always know signal is good.

Zero setup. Works immediately.

No virtual audio drivers. No loopback routing. No Audio MIDI Setup. Grant the Screen Recording permission once — and that's it. Works on Apple Silicon and Intel without any configuration.

How it works

Three steps.
That's it.

Play something

Open Spotify, SoundCloud, Ableton, YouTube, Splice — whatever you're working with. Home Rec captures whatever your Mac is currently outputting.

Click Record

Hit the red button in the menu bar popover or the main window. Recording starts immediately. The live timer and waveform confirm audio is flowing.

Done.

Click Stop. Your WAV file lands on the Desktop with a timestamp filename. Click "Reveal in Finder" and drag it wherever you need it.

Coming in v0.5

Record one app.
Leave the rest alone.

Per-application audio capture built for DJs, producers, and beatmakers. Record Ableton without catching your Slack notifications. Capture a Splice preview without pulling in everything else. Finally.

Ableton Live
Logic Pro
GarageBand
Splice
SoundCloud
YouTube
Any app
Download

Free download.
Pay what
feels right.

Home Rec is free to download and use, forever. If it saves you time, helps you make music, or just makes your Mac feel better — throw a few dollars our way. Starting at $5, no ceiling.

macOS 12.3 or later No account needed No telemetry Open source on GitHub ↗