Command-line tool

vhs

brew/vhs

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Your CLI home video recorder

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id charmbracelet.vhs -e
scoop install vhs

macOS

brew install vhs

Linux

brew install vhs

Create a tape file (add commands to the tape file using an editor)

vhs new path/to/file.tape

Record inputs to a tape file

vhs record > path/to/file.tape

Record inputs to a tape file using a specific shell

vhs record -s shell > path/to/file.tape

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