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asciinema

Version 2026.144.1443
Repo superproject

Record and replay terminal sessions as asciicast v2 .cast files The asciinema candy installs the asciinema terminal recorder from the distro package (named asciinema on RPM, DEB, and PAC alike). It provides the /usr/bin/asciinema CLI whose rec subcommand captures a terminal session – timing, input, and output – into a replayable asciicast v2 .cast file; this is the engine behind the record: check verb’s terminal mode (record: start with record_mode: terminal, served out-of-process by candy/plugin-record).

Installed on every distro:

  • asciinema

This candy’s plan: — the runnable spec charly check executes against a live deployment. check: steps are idempotent probes; run: steps change state.

Intent Step
check the asciinema recorder binary is installed at /usr/bin/asciinema
check the asciinema package is registered in the distro package database
check running asciinema –version prints the asciinema version banner and exits cleanly
check asciinema –help advertises the rec subcommand that captures terminal sessions