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A native screen recorder, built in the open.

Sweep is a pure-Swift capture utility aimed squarely at Screen Studio and CleanShot - faster, smaller, and pay-once. This is the live build plan. Tick items off as the code lands; your progress is saved to this device.

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Shipped
1merged & verified
In progress
5on the bench now
Planned
8queued up next
Target size
< 12MBsigned binary

Build modules

01

Core Tech Stack & Foundation

FND

The substrate

1/4

Everything sits on a pure native Swift core. No Electron, no web view, no runtime tax. The whole thing should compile to a binary you could mistake for a system daemon.

02

Recording & Auto-Zoom Engine

ZOOM

The Screen Studio killer

0/4

The thing people pay $200/yr for, done right. Track the cursor in real time and follow it with motion that feels physical instead of robotic. This is the module the whole product is judged on.

03

Quick-Capture & Overlay Engine

SNAP

The CleanShot killer

0/3

Hit the shortcut, drag a region, annotate, ship. Every step measured in milliseconds. The overlay should feel like part of the OS, not an app waking up.

04

Distribution & Business Strategy

SHIP

Break the SaaS habit

0/3

Disruption-level, pay-once-own-forever pricing to break SaaS greed. Quiet auto-updates, an honest landing page, and nothing that nags you for a subscription.