ClipForge v0.2.2

ClipForge

Game highlight clips: a replay buffer records your screen and sound in the
background, and a hotkey saves the last seconds (or minutes) as an .mp4 you can
trim, organize and share. Everything stays on your computer. The app is in Spanish.

New in 0.2.2

• Much less RAM. The replay buffer now holds only what your longest clip needs
  (34 seconds with the usual 30 s clip, about 50 MB) instead of a fixed two
  minutes (180 MB). Measured on a busy 1080p60 screen: about 160 MB less. The clips
  you save are the same, and it adjusts by itself when you change a clip length.
• Copy each clip when it is saved (Settings → Biblioteca, off by default): the
  new clip is already on the clipboard, ready to paste in Discord or Mail.
• The clip thumbnails load only near the screen, so a big library no longer keeps
  every one of them in memory.

Downloads

File	For	How
ClipForge_*_x64-setup.exe	Windows 10 (1803+) / 11	Double-click, it installs and adds a Start menu entry
ClipForge-portable-x64.exe	Windows 10 (1803+) / 11	Double-click, nothing to install (needs the WebView2 runtime, already part of Windows 11 and most Windows 10)
ClipForge_*_aarch64.dmg	Apple silicon Macs, macOS 13 or newer	Open it and drag ClipForge to Applications

How to use it

Open ClipForge: it starts recording the last two minutes in the background (the
tray icon shows it). When something good happens press Ctrl+Shift+S
(⇧⌘S on a Mac) and the clip appears in Recientes. Settings lets you change
the shortcut, the clip length, the microphone and more.

Good to know

• Not signed, so the system warns you the first time:
  • Windows: "Windows protected your PC" → More info → Run anyway.
  • macOS: right-click ClipForge → Open (or, if it says the app is damaged, run
    xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/ClipForge.app).
• It records the main monitor, shrunk to fit 1920×1080, and the sound the
  computer plays. The microphone is off until you turn it on.
• macOS asks for Screen Recording the first time (and Microphone only if
  you turn the microphone on). Screenshots on macOS need macOS 14 or newer.
• On Windows the video is encoded by Microsoft's own H.264 encoder (software,
  it needs no GPU and keeps up at 1080p60 on an ordinary processor). The GPU
  encoders (NVENC, AMF, Quick Sync) are not used yet, so a very busy game on a
  weak processor may cost a few frames. Windows has been tested end to end on a
  Windows machine in CI, not yet on a gaming PC: please report what you find.
• On Intel Macs there is no download yet.

What it does

Replay buffer · game sound and microphone · global hotkeys with their own clip
lengths · lossless trim editor · library with folders, search, filters and game
detection · screenshots · copy a clip to paste it in Discord or Mail (or by itself
on saving) · light and dark themes · low RAM mode.