macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install ttyreclocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install ttyrecMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/ttyrec/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 6451
Install ttyrec with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts
Terminal interaction recorder and player. Version 1.0.8 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-18. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install ttyrec.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install ttyrecDebian stable package indexes · ttyrec · source: deb.debian.org
overview
Package summary
Terminal interaction recorder and player
Project links
Commands and aliases
- ttyplay
- ttyrec
- ttytime
history
Project history and usage
ttyrec is a tty recorder and playback tool for terminal sessions. The official page says recorded data can be replayed with `ttyplay`, and describes ttyrec as derived from the Unix `script` command with added timing information at microsecond accuracy.
Project history
The official 0xcc page records ttyrec 1.0 as released on 2000-12-27, calling it the first version. The same page was last modified in 2006 and lists ttyrec 1.0.8 as the 2006-06-11 release.
ttyrec's model was deliberately small: record terminal bytes plus timing, then play them back. The page says it can record programs running on a tty such as Emacs in terminal mode, vi, lynx, or arbitrary tty programs.
Adoption history
The official page links a tarball, RPM packages, and CVS, and the supplied package facts show continued packaging in Homebrew, Debian, MacPorts, and Ubuntu.
The project also seeded a small ecosystem around terminal recording. The official links list IPBT, TTYPLAYER, Term::TtyRec, x11rec, and related experiments; ttygif later used ttyrec files as its input format.
How it is used
The basic documented workflow is `ttyrec` to record an interactive shell, `ttyrec -e command` to record a specific command, and `ttyplay ttyrecord` to replay the result. Playback can be sped up, slowed down, reset to normal speed, or watched in real time with `ttyplay -p`.
The official page also documents `ttytime` for measuring recorded data duration, gzip/gunzip handling for large recordings, a uuencode-based file-transfer option, and an inetd-based `ttyplay` server for serving recordings over telnet.
Why package nerds care
ttyrec is historically significant because it is one of the compact ancestors of terminal demo tooling: before browser terminals and asciinema-style casts, it gave Unix users a packageable format for recording and replaying terminal work.
For package maintainers, it remains a small C utility with multiple executables (`ttyrec`, `ttyplay`, and `ttytime`) and a long tail of dependent or adjacent tools, especially converters and web players.
Timeline
- 2000: ttyrec 1.0 released as the first version.
- 2003: TTYPLAYER added to the official links.
- 2005: IPBT added to the official links.
- 2006: ttyrec 1.0.8 released with a playback time-drift reduction hack.
Related projects
- The official page lists IPBT, TTYPLAYER, Term::TtyRec, x11rec, and chatty as related links.
- ttygif is a later converter that uses ttyrec recordings as input.
Sources
- http://0xcc.net/ttyrec
- source_facts.executables
- source_facts.package-manager
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:record
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
ttyplay | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
ttyrec | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
ttytime | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.0.8
manager updated2026-07-18
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:ttyrec |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.8 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | http://0xcc.net/ttyrec/ |
| Last updated | 2026-07-18T21:12:51-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
ttyrec 1.1.7.1-1
Terminal interaction recorder and player (for tty)
https://github.com/ovh/ovh-ttyrec
sudo apt install ttyrec- Section: misc
- Architecture: amd64
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Ttyrec
Ubuntu apt95%
ttyrec 1.0.8-5.1
Terminal interaction recorder and player (for tty)
sudo apt install ttyrec- Section: universe/misc
- Architecture: amd64
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Ttyrec
MacPorts95%
ttyrec
sudo port install ttyrec- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Ttyrec
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation