VHS
Your CLI home video recorder 📼 observed · 2026-10-10
Health v2 · maintenance only
89/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 72
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 167.5
- age_days: 1554
- days_rel: 26
- days_push: 19
- n_releases_24m: 5
Adoption not part of the score
21081 stars · 484 forks observed · 2026-10-10
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-10-19, confidence 0.98
VHS is a command‑line tool that records terminal sessions and renders them as animated GIFs or videos. It uses a simple tape script language to script terminal interactions for demos and tests.
Use cases
- record terminal sessions as animated GIFs
- create demo animations for CLI tools
- generate animated screenshots for documentation
- automate terminal output recording for integration tests
- produce ASCII‑art videos from command output
When to choose
- you need reproducible, scriptable terminal recordings
- you want to embed animated demos in README files or docs
- you prefer a lightweight Go binary over heavy screen‑capture tools
When to avoid
- you require real‑time streaming of terminal sessions
- you need support for non‑terminal video sources
- you depend on a GUI‑based editor for video editing
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
cli video-processing image-processing developer-tools windows cli terminal-recording gif ascii tape-language demo-generation linux macos docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/charmbracelet/vhs · fetched 2026-10-10 · 2b1781e65d15
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| charmbracelet/vhs | main | 89 |
| charmbracelet/vhs-action | plugin | 81 |
| charmbracelet/tree-sitter-vhs | plugin | 72 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="charmbracelet/vhs")
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