Asciinema AlternativesScreen Recorders and other similar apps like Asciinema

Asciinema is described as 'Record and share your terminal sessions,the right way. Forget screen recording apps and blurry video. Enjoy a lightweight, purely text based approach to terminal recording. Asciinema aims to be a "go to" place for every command-line user who wants to share his skills w' and is a Screen Recorder in the os & utilities category. There are seven alternatives to Asciinema for Mac, Linux, Web-based and Windows. The best Asciinema alternative is Framecap. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try showterm or Scrimba. Other great apps like Asciinema are terminalizer, ttygif, ttyrec and PowerSession.

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  1. Framecap icon
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    Command-line screen recording for macOS with multi-track capture, window-only mode, app hiding, ProRes and h264 support, transparent backgrounds, lightweight 1.2 MB binary, no dependencies, separate file outputs, and robust workflow integration for professionals.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Framecap is the most popular Mac alternative to Asciinema.

    • Framecap is the most popular commercial alternative to Asciinema.

    • Framecap is Paid and ProprietaryAsciinema is Free and Open Source
    • Framecap is LightweightAsciinema is not according to our users
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    It's showtime in a terminal!

    Showterm lets your record a terminal session exactly as you experience it, right down to the syntax highlighting.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
    • showterm is the most popular Linux alternative to Asciinema.

    • showterm is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Asciinema.

    • showterm is Free and Open SourceAsciinema is also Free and Open Source
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    Scrimba is a new way of teaching and learning how to code. We call it interactive code screencasts. Here’s why it's a great way of learning.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Scrimba is the most popular Web-based alternative to Asciinema.

    • Scrimba is Free and ProprietaryAsciinema is Free and Open Source
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    Record your terminal and generate animated gif images or share a web player.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    ttygif converts a ttyrec file into gif files. It's a stripped down version of ttyplay that screenshots every frame.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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    ttyrec is a program and/or its file format capable of recording the TTY output of a text-mode program together with timestamps and then replaying it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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    Record a Session in PowerShell. PowerShell version of asciinema based on Windows Pseudo Console(ConPTY) Basic features record/play/auth/upload are working now. https://github.com/ibigbug/PowerSession.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • PowerSession is the most popular Windows alternative to Asciinema.

    • PowerSession is Free and Open SourceAsciinema is also Free and Open Source
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