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Blazingly fast terminal recorder that generates animated gif images for the web written in rust
Get t-rec 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 comes from the project's public source.
Not available for Windows yet.
t-rec 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 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 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 on your macOS or Linux machine and links it into your PATH — after this,
t-rec just works from any directory. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
How to set up t-rec, 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 --help to see the available commands, and
t-rec --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 and link it into /opt/homebrew/bin (Apple Silicon) or /usr/local/bin (Intel), so you can run it by name.
What t-rec 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's own documentation.
About t-rec
Blazingly fast terminal recorder that generates animated gif images for the web written in rust
| 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 | From project source |
| Popularity | 1.3k stars on the project's public repository |
On mobile
t-rec 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 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.