Record and share your terminal sessions, the simple way.
Forget screen recording apps and blurry video. Experience a lightweight, text-based approach to terminal recording.
$ # Let's do something fun $ sha1sum /etc/f* | tail -n 10 | lolcat -F 0.3 da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709 /etc/find.codes 88dd3ea7ffcbb910fbd1d921811817d935310b34 /etc/fstab.hd 442a5bc4174a8f4d6ef8d5ae5da9251ebb6ab455 /etc/ftpd.conf 442a5bc4174a8f4d6ef8d5ae5da9251ebb6ab455 /etc/ftpd.conf.default d3e5fb0c582645e60f8a13802be0c909a3f9e4d7 /etc/ftpusers $ # Cool! $ # Let's end the recording session by exiting the shell $ exit asciinema: recording finished asciinema: asciicast saved to demo.cast > # We'll replay it in the terminal to see if it's any good > asciinema play demo.cast $ # This is a new shell instance, which is being recorded
asciinema [as-kee-nuh-muh] is a free and open source solution for recording terminal sessions and sharing them on the web. Read about how it works.
Easy recording
Record right where you work - in a terminal.
To start, run asciinema rec demo.cast, to end press ctrl+d
or type exit.
Copy & paste
When viewing a recording just pause the player and copy-paste the content you want. It's just text after all!
Embedding
Easily embed asciinema player in your blog post, project documentation or in conference talk slides.
Example sessions recorded with asciinema
