install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install ttyrec

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install ttyrec

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/ttyrec/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install ttyrec

Debian 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 post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.

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
`ttyplay`	cli	global executable
`ttyrec`	cli	global executable
`ttytime`	cli	global executable

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 generated2026-07-08

manager version1.0.8

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

http://0xcc.net/ttyrec/

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.http://0xcc.net/ttyrec/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:ttyrec
Version	1.0.8
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ttyrec
Homepage	http://0xcc.net/ttyrec/
Upstream docs	http://0xcc.net/ttyrec
License	BSD-4-Clause
Source archive	https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/ttyrec/ttyrec_1.0.8.orig.tar.gz
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	ttyrec
Version Scheme	0
Revision	1
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

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

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: ttyrec from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ttyrec from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

MacPorts95%

ttyrec

sudo port install ttyrec

normalized package name match
Matched by: Ttyrec

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/ttyrec/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/ttyrec.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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