Shelr is an open source utility that provides plain text screencasts for shell ‘ninjas’. This tool lets you record/replay and publish your terminal on https://shelr.tv or other services. It works almost the same as script or ttyrec but adds some useful features.
Shelr has been accepted into Debian.
The software is written with Ruby and Rails.
Key Features
- YouTube for plain text screencasts.
- Play them back directly on a terminal or in a web browser.
- Copy and paste everything you see.
- Bash completion.
- Custom API_URL configurable.
- Option to record shellcast with sound.
- Publish shellcasts.
- Share your shellcasts to followers.
Website: github.com/antono/shelr
Support: Mailing List
Developer: Antono Vasiljev and contributors
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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