About Asciinema
Asciinema is a free and open-source solution for recording terminal sessions and sharing them on the web.
How many people use Asciinema
GitHub · npm- #7
Shaka Player8.2k - #8FitVids.JS4.7k
- #9
jPlayer4.6k - #10Asciinema2.9k
- #11
JW Player2.6k - #12
Flowplayer1.9k - #13
Vimeo271
490k npm downloads, last 30 days
#10 of 14 Video players we have counts for (of 39) · bars are GitHub stars across these neighbours; the category leader is Remotion at 58k · as of August 30, 2026
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