asciinema

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Terminal session recorder, streamer and player πŸ“Ή

  • .gitattributes
  • .gitignore
  • build.rs
  • Cargo.lock
  • Cargo.toml
  • CHANGELOG.md
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
  • default.nix
  • Dockerfile
  • flake.lock
  • flake.nix
  • LICENSE
  • README.md
  • shell.nix

# Installation Guide

1. Get the code
git clone https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema

Downloads the entire project code from GitHub to your computer.

cd asciinema

Moves into the project folder you just downloaded.

2. Official Install Script

Easy Recommended
Prerequisites
cargo install --locked --git https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema

Builds and installs the package published on crates.io β€” no need to clone the repo yourself.

βœ… After installing, open a new terminal and run the program's version command (e.g. --version) to confirm it worked.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

3. Docker

Easy
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Docker Desktop Needed to build and run containers. Install it and keep it running in the background.
docker build -t asciinema .

Builds a runnable image based on the Dockerfile.

docker run -p 8080:80 asciinema

Runs the built image as an actual container.

βœ… Run docker compose ps to check the containers are Up. If the README mentions a port, open http://localhost:PORT in your browser.

4. Rust

Medium
Prerequisites
  • Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
  • Rust (rustup) Installing via rustup also installs cargo.
cargo install --locked --git https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema

Builds and installs the package published on crates.io β€” no need to clone the repo yourself.

cargo build --release

Compiles the Rust project.

ASCIINEMA_GEN_DIR=/foo cargo build --release

Compiles the Rust project.

βœ… If cargo build finishes without errors, it worked. The executable is created under target/.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

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