Get t-rec-rs on macOS and Linux Now!
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
Get t-rec-rs with one command
Pick your system, reveal the step-by-step guide, copy the command, paste it into your terminal and press Enter. This command was taken from the project's own documentation and checked against it.
Not available for Windows yet.
t-rec-rs doesn't publish an install command for Windows anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one. It does document one for macOS and Linux — switch to that tab.
Pastes into PowerShell and installs t-rec-rs on your Windows machine in one step. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
Not available for macOS yet.
t-rec-rs doesn't publish an install command for macOS or Linux anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one.
Installs t-rec-rs on your macOS or Linux machine and links it into your PATH — after this,
t-rec-rs just works from any directory. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
How to set up t-rec-rs, step by step
Open Terminal. On a Mac it's in Applications ▸ Utilities, or press Cmd+Space and type Terminal. On Linux, press Ctrl+Alt+T. Paste the command and press Enter.
Run t-rec-rs --help to see the available commands, and
t-rec-rs --version to confirm the install worked. If your shell complains about
permissions, that project usually documents a corrected command on its own site.
This asks Homebrew to fetch t-rec-rs and link it into /opt/homebrew/bin (Apple Silicon) or /usr/local/bin (Intel), so you can run it by name.
What t-rec-rs does
- Runs on Windows, MacOS, Linux and NetBSD
- Runs without any cloud service and entirely offline
- built-in idle frames detection and optimization (for super fluid presentations)
- Screenshotting your terminal with configurable framerate (4-15 fps)
- Generates high quality small sized animated gif images or mp4 videos
- No record and replay - just one simple command to rule them all
Summarised from t-rec-rs's own README.
About t-rec-rs
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
| Category | Command-line tool |
|---|---|
| Install method | Homebrew |
| Windows | no install command published |
| macOS / Linux | documented install command available |
| Price | Free and open source |
| Command verified | Yes — checked against the project README |
| Popularity | 1.3k stars on the project's public repository |
On mobile
t-rec-rs is a command-line tool, so there is no phone app for it — a phone has no shell to run it in. You'll need a desktop, or a remote shell into a machine that has one.
t-rec-rs is developed by its own authors. This page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by the project. The command shown here was reproduced from the project's public documentation — always check the project's own documentation before running anything.