Takes for Mac runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 15 Oct 2026.
Tools for the Takes Mac app: scripts, takes, edits and posts for talking-head videos
What the code does
We read the source, 23 h ago · rules ccca72095570
Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.
mkdir -p "$4"; rm -rf "$4/incoming.app"
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
P="$HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/$LABEL.plist"
let p = Process()
subprocess.run(["ffmpeg", "-v", "error", "-y", *args], check=True)
document.getElementById("title").innerHTML = FIG.title;
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We found things in this code
Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch Takes for Mac and you get told the day something new turns up.
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Takes for Mac — questions
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