# chjj/ttystudio

A terminal-to-gif recorder minus the headaches.

Repository: https://github.com/chjj/ttystudio
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ttystudio
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2017-07-10T03:58:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4076, "days_push": 3341, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3237, forks 92 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:50.376707+00:00)

## What it is
ttystudio is a Node.js CLI tool that records terminal sessions and compiles them directly to GIF or APNG animations without external dependencies like ImageMagick. It renders frames with its own built-in font parser, so no GUI or terminal playback is required, enabling recording even over SSH.

## Use cases
- record terminal sessions as gif animations
- create animated demos of cli tools
- record terminal over ssh without a gui
- convert terminal frames json to gif
- make apng recordings of terminal output

## When to choose
- you need a dependency-free terminal-to-gif recorder
- you want to record a remote terminal via ssh without a display
- you want a single gif output without concatenating frames

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software with recent updates
- you need asciinema-style text-based recordings rather than gif
- you need windows support or advanced editing of recordings

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, image-processing, terminal-ui
- domain: developer-tools, media
- platform: cli
- tags: terminal-recording, gif, apng, screen-capture, command-line, linux, macos, nodejs

## Member repositories
- chjj/ttystudio (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:50.376707+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:24:34.011163+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/chjj/ttystudio (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:50.376707+00:00, sha bab81611a8be)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/ttystudio (fetched 2026-08-29T09:37:36.624656+00:00, sha bbfb70612861)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.