charmbracelet/vhs
Your CLI home video recorder 📼 observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
82/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 50
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 153
- age_days: 1506
- days_rel: 176
- days_push: 9
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
20740 stars · 462 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
VHS is a CLI tool that records terminal sessions into GIFs and videos by scripting them in '.tape' files. It lets you write terminal demos as code, useful for documentation, demos, and CLI integration testing.
Use cases
- record terminal sessions as gifs
- create animated demos of cli tools
- generate readme gifs from scripts
- test cli tools by scripting terminal input
- automate terminal screencasts for documentation
When to choose
- you want reproducible, code-driven terminal recordings instead of manual screen capture
- you need GIF demos of CLI tools for READMEs or docs
- you want to script terminal interactions for integration testing
When to avoid
- you need full desktop screen recording
- you want interactive, ad-hoc recording without writing scripts
- you can't install its dependencies (ttyd and ffmpeg)
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
cli video-processing developer-tools testing developer-tools documentation cli windows cross-platform terminal-recording gif asciinema tape-files demo-videos charmbracelet command-line automation macos linux docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/charmbracelet/vhs · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2b1781e65d15
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| charmbracelet/vhs | main | 82 |
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