Command-line tool

asciinema

brew/asciinema

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Record and share terminal sessions

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install asciinema

Linux

brew install asciinema

Associate the local install of `asciinema` with an asciinema.org account

asciinema a

Make a new recording and save it to a local file (finish it with `<Ctrl d>` or type `exit`)

asciinema r path/to/recording.cast

Replay a terminal recording from a local file

asciinema p path/to/recording.cast

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