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+# Asciinema
+
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sickill/asciinema.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sickill/asciinema)
+
+Command line client for [asciinema.org](http://asciinema.org) service.
+
+## Installation
+
+Download the tarball and install it with:
+
+    wget -O asciinema-0.9.3.tar.gz https://github.com/sickill/asciinema/archive/v0.9.3.tar.gz
+    tar -xzvf asciinema-0.9.3.tar.gz
+    cd asciinema-0.9.3/
+    sudo make install
+
+## Usage
+
+Check the available commands and options with:
+
+    asciinema -h
+
+## License
+
+This project is released under MIT license. See [LICENSE.txt](LICENSE.txt).