asciinema
The facts below are what the maker publishes about asciinema, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From asciinema's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| asciinema | Free | Free hosting for terminal recordings and streams · available to everyone |
The facts
Each one read from asciinema's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- The server provides an HTTP API used by the asciinema CLI.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Hosting features
- The server supports full-text search, secret links, public, unlisted, and private visibility, editable recording metadata, and downloadable text transcripts.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The integrations directory lists projects for Ansible, Vue, Hugo, Jekyll, Google Slides, Obsidian, Slidev, Sphinx, and WordPress, among others.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Live streaming
- The CLI supports local and remote live streaming of terminal sessions to multiple viewers in real time.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Playback and embedding
- Recordings can be replayed in a terminal, embedded on a web page with the asciinema player, or published to an asciinema server.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The server is described as privacy friendly, with no tracking and no ads.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- The server can be deployed for public or internal/private use in a containerized environment or through a NixOS module.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting requirements
- The documented requirements include an OCI runtime, PostgreSQL 14.0 or newer, and at least 512 MB RAM for a personal instance; SMTP is optional.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The self-hosting guide directs users needing installation or maintenance help to the asciinema forum or Matrix room.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Terminal recordings
- The CLI captures terminal output into lightweight asciicast recording files in the .cast format.checked 12 Oct 2026
- What it does
- asciinema is a suite of tools for recording, replaying, and sharing terminal sessions.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2011checked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- The about page says asciinema was created by Marcin Kulik.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Installation platforms
- The CLI installation guide lists Linux and macOS package-manager installation, plus pre-built static binaries, containers, and source builds.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Linux,macOS,FreeBSDchecked 20 Sep 2026
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