ASK HN: Any suggestions or open source tools that capture the screen
2 pointsby adithyaharish4 hours ago1 comment
  • akarshhegde184 hours ago
    What are you trying to achieve? what do you mean summarise the work done by the dev?
    • adithyaharish4 hours ago
      I am trying to capture the dev machine local screen, so that I can understand what they are working on and their activity. I am lookign for any tools that can do this or any algorithms. Does this clarify?
      • codingdave4 hours ago
        Yes, that clarifies things - the term you are looking for is "spyware". I cannot think of many legit reasons to want to build this. If you want to know what devs are working on, look at what they commit into source control.
        • adithyaharish4 hours ago
          I want to build a software, an analytics system infact that learns from the dev's activity and help them imporve their productivity, and inorder to do this i want to capture the dev's screen but not bring any data out, keep all data local and private
      • akarshhegde184 hours ago
        If you are looking to capture your screen and a11y tree to understand the activity then there are some popular frameworks like screepipe, wakatime that stores this and provides analytics on the captured data. you can look for other competitors around similar products
      • jruohonen4 hours ago
        asciinema?
        • adithyaharish4 hours ago
          This helps, I was looking for something more holistic like screenpipe or pieces