# Install ttyrec with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts Terminal interaction recorder and player. Version 1.0.8 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ttyrec ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ttyrec ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install ttyrec ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/ttyrec/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install ttyrec ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: ttyrec from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ttyrec - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.0.8 - **Source summary:** Terminal interaction recorder and player - **Homepage:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-4-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - ttyplay (cli) - ttyrec (cli) - ttytime (cli) - ttyplay (alias) - ttyrec (alias) - ttytime (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.0.8 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: http://0xcc.net/ttyrec/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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 - - source_facts.executables - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ttyrec - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - ttyrec - 1.1.7.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ttyrec from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Terminal interaction recorder and player (for tty) | https://github.com/ovh/ovh-ttyrec - Ubuntu apt - ttyrec - 1.0.8-5.1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ttyrec from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Terminal interaction recorder and player (for tty) - MacPorts - ttyrec: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/ttyrec/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [ttygif](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ttygif/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [aha](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aha/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [amtterm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amtterm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [ansifilter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ansifilter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [ccat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ccat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [claude-squad](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/claude-squad/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [clive](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clive/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [colordiff](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/colordiff/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [colormake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/colormake/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [ipbt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ipbt/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. 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