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DesktopAudio

Last updated 2026-08-03 · benchmark measured 2026-09-20 — deterministic & reproducible

macOS menu bar app that records your Mac's system audio to local m4a files.

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Legit.Show scored DesktopAudio 81/100 on 2026-09-20, measured across all 7 frames from its public surface. legit.show/s/desktopaudio-app/2026-09-20

Is DesktopAudio production-ready?

Legit.Show scores DesktopAudio 81 out of 100 — the simple average of its 7 measured frames. Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on DesktopAudio (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. Its strongest frame is Privacy; its weakest is Security. Every frame it averages is published with its evidence on the Legit.Show listing.

The 7 Frames

• Performance — 96/100
• Accessibility — 93/100
• Security — 25/100
  How this compares across the catalogue: The Web Security Baseline
• Privacy — 100/100
  How this compares across the catalogue: The Privacy Gap
• Reliability — 100/100
• Standards — 92/100
• Discoverability — 62/100

What we measured

• No Content-Security-Policy and no HSTS.
• Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
• Real Lighthouse performance run — 180 ms to first byte.
• Returns a proper 404 for unknown routes.
• 3 of 3 sampled routes reachable.
• Has a reachable privacy policy.
• Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.
• Discoverable: canonical URL.

Who built it

Gorka Ludlow

Who it's for

Mac users · Podcasters · Content creators · Audio enthusiasts · Anyone recording streams

Pricing

$19 one-time purchase, no subscription, 30-day refund available

Sources and updates

Description

Taken from desktopaudio.app's own website on 2026-08-03.

Operator

KARMA DIGITAL S.A.S., as named in desktopaudio.app's terms, privacy page or footer.

Benchmark

Measured by Legit.Show from the live site, the way any visitor sees it — with no access to its code or accounts. Same method for every product, and no AI decides the score. Last checked 2026-09-20.

Put together from public information, without DesktopAudio's involvement. If anything here is wrong, tell us and a person will check it.

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