VHS Terminal Session Recorder and GIF Generator

Create terminal session recordings as GIFs, videos, or images using VHS (charmbracelet/vhs). Write declarative .tape scripts that define typed commands, delays, and settings — then render pixel-perfect terminal demos automatically.

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

• brew install vhs
• Or, use Docker to run VHS directly, dependencies included:
• docker run --rm -v $PWD:/vhs ghcr.io/charmbracelet/vhs <cassette>.tape
• go install github.com/charmbracelet/vhs@latest

Requirements and caveats from upstream:

• VHS requires ttyd and ffmpeg to be installed and available on your PATH.
• Require <program>: specify required programs for tape file

• Require

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

• The above example was generated with VHS (view source).

• Run the command by pressing enter.

• [!NOTE]

• Source: https://github.com/charmbracelet/vhs

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/charmbracelet/vhs/HEAD/README.md

Source

• Agent Skill Exchange