Asciinema

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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.

Cost / License

Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)

Application type

Screen Recorder

Origin

Poland
EU

Platforms

Mac
Linux
BSD
Python

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Features

Command line interface
Screen Recording

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Mauricio B. Holguin added Asciinema as alternative to Framecap
11 months ago

Asciinema information

Developed by
Marcin Kulik
Licensing
Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
Written in
Rust
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Supported Languages
- English

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GitHub repository

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1,082 Forks
13 Open Issues
Updated Oct 13, 2026

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Top Positive Comment

Kagerjay

★★★★★

Mar 22, 2018

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hugo static blog generator uses this on the docs, looks very nice

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Install from the command line

brew install asciinema

Be careful what you paste into a terminal. Check what a command installs before running it.

What is Asciinema?

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 with others. Or putting it differently, it's a place to show off your geekiness.