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24 alternatives to asciinema

Record, share and embed your terminal sessions the right way

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. asciinema launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Asciinema casts post-production tools▲13

   asciinema casts post-production tools. Contribute to cirocosta/asciinema-edit development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   teleconsole▲218

   Share your terminal in seconds

   2016 · goteleport.com · its alternatives →

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   TermHere▲147

   “Open Terminal Here” shortcut for Finder

   2016 · hashbang.productions · its alternatives →

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   webminal player▲4

   Watch & practice Linux with asciinema & webminal

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   Share-term▲4

   Share terminal sessions with your friends.

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   WebRTTY – Share a terminal session over WebRTC▲125

   Share a terminal session over WebRTC. Contribute to maxmcd/webtty development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Slack Manager ▲105

   Standup meetings in Slack

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Audulus▲160

   A universe of sound at your fingertips

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   iTerm2▲143

   Mac OS Terminal Replacement

   2014 · iterm2.com · its alternatives →

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    Peach for Mac▲220

    Unofficial desktop client for 🍑

    2016 · ummjackson.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Command-C▲60

    Copy & Paste between iOS and Mac

    2014 · danilo.to · its alternatives →

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    Nodeterm▲130

    A node-based free open source terminal manager

    Aug 2026 · nodeterm.dev · its alternatives →

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    Todo for hackers▲101

    CLI Todo app for hackers

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Screen Flow▲116

    Screen recording and editing for Mac

    2014 · telestream.net · its alternatives →

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    Radio Slack▲93

    Collaborative jukebox for Slack

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    CodePicnic CLI▲137

    Remote development environments right from your terminal

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Terminal▲87

    Virtual computers that start, resize, and scale in seconds

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Slack Gitsin▲115

    A beautiful Slack command line interface

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    WebTerm Learn▲139

    Learn the terminal like a game — in a browser sandbox

    Aug 2026 · learn.webterm.app · its alternatives →

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    WriteRoom▲67

    Distraction Free Writing

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Terminal.com ▲63

    Terminal.com Enterprise Computing Environments

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Web Remote Terminal▲101

    Simple, secure remote terminal straight from your browser

    2025 · rstream.io · its alternatives →

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    Shlack▲75

    Whoa, a bash shell inside Slack!

    2016 · shell.playplay.io · its alternatives →

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    Asciimatics: a cross-platform terminal animation/drawing library▲21

    A cross platform package to do curses-like operations, plus higher level APIs and widgets to create text UIs and ASCII art animations - peterbrittain/asciimatics

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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