asciinema

Record and replay terminal sessions, and optionally share them on asciinema.org. More information: <https://asciinema.org/docs/usage>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/asciinema.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install asciinema
Ubuntu
apt-get install asciinema
Alpine
apk add asciinema
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S asciinema
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install asciinema
Fedora
dnf install asciinema
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install asciinema
OS X
brew install asciinema
Raspbian
apt-get install asciinema
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/asciinema
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/asciinema asciinema powered by Commando

Record and replay terminal sessions, and optionally share them on asciinema.org. More information: <https://asciinema.org/docs/usage>.

  • Associate the local install of `asciinema` with an asciinema.org account:
    asciinema auth
  • Make a new recording (once finished, user will be prompted to upload it or save it locally):
    asciinema rec
  • Make a new recording and save it to a local file:
    asciinema rec path/to/file.cast
  • Replay a terminal recording from a local file:
    asciinema play path/to/file.cast
  • Replay a terminal recording hosted on asciinema.org:
    asciinema play https://asciinema.org/a/cast_id
  • Make a new recording, limiting any idle time to at most 2.5 seconds:
    asciinema rec -i 2.5
  • Print the full output of a locally saved recording:
    asciinema cat path/to/file.cast
  • Upload a locally saved terminal session to asciinema.org:
    asciinema upload path/to/file.cast

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