asciinema
Web app for hosting asciicasts.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 64% of tracked projects; popularity more than 53%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 2.5k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v20260626 · 26 Jun 2026 |
| Repo updated | 14 Aug 2026 |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Built with | Elixir, Docker |
Is asciinema actively maintained?
asciinema is under active development: 509 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 61 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 156% more commits than the one before it.
The most recent tagged release, v20260626, is about 3 months old.
Of the 77 projects we track in Miscellaneous, asciinema ranks #15 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.
What asciinema actually does
asciinema is a web application designed for hosting and sharing terminal session recordings, known as asciicasts. It allows you to publish text-based command-line interactions so they can be viewed and played back inside a web browser.
Best fit: It is a good fit if you need a private platform to host and share terminal recordings within your own infrastructure without relying on external services.
Worth knowing: You should note that managing a self-hosted instance of this niche media platform requires maintaining an Elixir runtime stack and handling ongoing updates.
Deployment notes
Deployment typically involves running the application via Docker behind a reverse proxy for TLS termination, alongside provisioning a persistent database for stored records.
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