[GH-ISSUE #47] Windows not supported, right? #637

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opened 2026-03-15 05:07:46 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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2026-03-15 05:07:46 +03:00

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Originally created by @maphew on GitHub (Oct 29, 2013).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/issues/47

A quick pip install test from the Github repo reveals that asciicinema doesn't work out of the box on Windows, even though it does install an .exe to the Python Scripts folder. On my Win7 machine It fails with ImportError: No module named termios.

A little searching reveals there (probably) isn't a Windows equivalent,
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/933745/what-is-the-windows-equivalent-to-the-capabilities-defined-in-sys-select-h-and-t, and that therefore asciicinema is likely not supposed to work on Windows.

It would be good if the Readme states what operating systems asciicinema is intended for / known to work on.

Originally created by @maphew on GitHub (Oct 29, 2013). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/issues/47 A quick pip install test from the Github repo reveals that asciicinema doesn't work out of the box on Windows, even though it does install an .exe to the Python Scripts folder. On my Win7 machine It fails with `ImportError: No module named termios`. A little searching reveals there (probably) isn't a Windows equivalent, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/933745/what-is-the-windows-equivalent-to-the-capabilities-defined-in-sys-select-h-and-t, and that therefore asciicinema is likely not supposed to work on Windows. It would be good if the Readme states what operating systems asciicinema is intended for / known to work on.