# Asciinema (https://devrel.directory/directory/asciinema)

Records terminal sessions as lightweight text-based embeds for docs, READMEs, and tutorials.

Recordings are text rather than video: files stay tiny, rendering stays sharp at any size, and viewers can pause and copy commands straight out of the player. It ships a CLI recorder, an embeddable web player, and a hosting service, all open source and self-hostable. Ideal for CLI quickstarts and release notes where a video would blur exactly the part that matters.

- Category: Tools
- Website: https://asciinema.org
- Repository: https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema
- Docs: https://docs.asciinema.org
- Repository activity (checked 2026-08-01): 17k stars, last commit 2026-06, last release 2026-06
- Pricing model (read 2026-07-26): free
- Tags: content, open-source
- Added: 2026-07-12