asciinema
Record and share terminal sessions the simple way.
asciinema is a free and open source suite of tools for recording, replaying and sharing terminal sessions as text-based recordings rather than video. Recordings can be viewed in a player, copied and pasted as text, and embedded in blogs, documentation or slides. asciinema.org is a hosting platform for these recordings, powered by asciinema server.
Recordings are created directly in the terminal using the asciinema command-line tool, then replayed through the asciinema player. The platform supports live streams and a browsable library of recordings. The project documentation covers how the tools work, community engagement, integrations built around the project, and self-hosting an asciinema server.
asciinema is aimed at developers, technical writers and educators who need to capture and share command-line workflows. The software is free and open source, and the hosting platform is available for publishing recordings.
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