ttystudio is an excellent open source terminal-to-gif recorder. It outputs GIFs or APNGs without any external dependencies or GUI playback.
ttystudio uses the terminus font (ter-u14n/b) by default, but this can be changed.
To install ttystudio in Ubuntu, it is necessary to install the nodejs-legacy package or symlink /usr/bin/node to /usr/bin/nodejs.
Key Features
- Own built-in gif and apng writer, no imagemagick required. The writer has built-in frame offset optimization. No external dependencies, bash scripts.
- Font parser to render the font during image writing so no terminal playback is required when writing the image.
- No concatenation of hundreds of gif files required. ttystudio automatically writes out to a single gif or apng file.
- No glitchy frames due to imperfect GUI recording of the playback or gif concatenation.
- Record frames even if nothing is being updated on the screen.
Website: github.com/chjj/ttystudio
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Developer: Christopher Jeffrey
License: MIT License
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