asciinema(1)

asciinema1

Terminal session recorder, streamer, and player

Usage

asciinema [{-q | --quiet}] [{-h | --help}] [{-V | --version}] <subcommands>

Overview

Terminal session recorder, streamer, and player

Options

-q, --quiet

Suppress diagnostic messages and progress indicators. Only error messages will be displayed.

-h, --help

Print help (see a summary with '-h')

-V, --version

Print version

Subcommands

asciinema-record(1)

Record a terminal session

asciinema-stream(1)

Stream a terminal session

asciinema-session(1)

Record and stream a terminal session

asciinema-play(1)

Play back a terminal session

asciinema-upload(1)

Upload a recording to an asciinema server

asciinema-auth(1)

Authenticate this CLI with an asciinema server account

asciinema-cat(1)

Concatenate multiple recordings

asciinema-convert(1)

Convert a recording to another format

Version

v3.2.1

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 10–11
  4. 12–13
  5. Arch

--help since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --quiet since Debian 9 (Stretch); --version since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -V since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -h since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -q since Debian 9 (Stretch).

--append until Debian 13 (Trixie); --cols until Debian 13 (Trixie); --command until Debian 13 (Trixie); --env until Debian 13 (Trixie); --idle-time-limit until Debian 13 (Trixie); --max-wait until Debian 9 (Stretch); --overwrite until Debian 13 (Trixie); --raw until Debian 13 (Trixie); --rows until Debian 13 (Trixie); --speed until Debian 13 (Trixie); --stdin until Debian 13 (Trixie); --title until Debian 13 (Trixie); --yes until Debian 13 (Trixie); -c until Debian 13 (Trixie); -e until Debian 13 (Trixie); -i until Debian 13 (Trixie); -s until Debian 13 (Trixie); -t until Debian 13 (Trixie); -v until Debian 8 (Jessie); -w until Debian 9 (Stretch); -y until Debian 13 (Trixie).

Authors

Marcin Kulik <[email protected]>

From asciinema 3.2.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.