Rescroll

Free terminal typing animation maker

Type your commands or a few lines of code and download them being typed into a terminal window, with a prompt and a block cursor, as a 1080p MP4. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.

The basics

What is a terminal typing animation?

A terminal typing animation is a clip of commands or code being typed into a terminal window, one character at a time, behind a block cursor. Developers and tech creators use it in tutorials, launch videos and product demos to show a command cleanly, without recording their own screen.

This page opens on three git commands in a window with a title bar, set in a monospaced face in a 16:9 frame. Every line you start with Enter gets the $ prompt in front, and the prompt appears as the line before it is finished. Change it to > or anything else up to 6 characters, or clear it to type plain code.

Short lines stay large. A line that's too long for the window first shrinks the type, by up to a quarter, and then wraps. The window keeps the look's own panel whatever the background color, so on green it keys out to the window alone.

To put it on your video, see how to add a typing animation in CapCut, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and Final Cut Pro.

What you download

Price
Free. No sign-up, no email, no watermark.
Format
MP4 (H.264), no audio
Resolution
1080p: 1080×1920, 1920×1080, 1080×1080 or 1080×1350
Frame rate
30 or 60 fps
Text
Up to 200 characters on up to 10 lines of your own, wrapped and sized to fit
Typing
4 to 40 characters a second, in a human or a steady rhythm
Cursor
Bar, block, underscore or none, blinking or solid, in any color
Styles
Plain text, or a terminal window with a prompt and a title
Colors
Six looks, or any text and cursor color on any background color
Overlay
Green background for chroma key
Where it runs
In your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

How it works

How to make a terminal typing animation.

Four steps, about a minute, and nothing to install.

  1. 1

    Write the text

    Type or paste up to 200 characters and press Enter where you want a new line. Choose Plain for the words alone or Terminal for a window with a title bar and a prompt, then pick a size.

  2. 2

    Set the typing

    Choose a speed from 4 to 40 characters a second. Human makes the keys uneven and pauses after punctuation; Steady spaces them evenly. Set how long the finished text stays on screen, from half a second to 5 seconds.

  3. 3

    Pick the cursor and the look

    A bar, a block, an underscore or no cursor at all, blinking or solid, in any color. Then one of six looks and five typefaces, or your own text and background colors: green or black for an overlay.

  4. 4

    Download the MP4

    Press Download. The video is rendered in your browser at 1080p and saved to your device. No account, no watermark.

More versions

Make a different one.

Each one opens its own maker with the settings filled in. Change anything, then download.

Typewriter text

Your words typing themselves behind a cursor, in a human rhythm. The text alone for an overlay, or inside a terminal window.

Typing text video

A three-line letter typing itself in a serif face on paper, centered, behind a red cursor. For quotes, notes to self and story text.

When a typing animation isn’t enough

The free typing animation is the starting point.

Here you get clean text typing on a background. In Rescroll you describe the graphic you actually want, for example “type my hook beside me as I say it, in our font, and underline the last word”, and it's designed from scratch on your own video. Attach your logo, your fonts or a screenshot and it matches them. Not right yet? Ask for the change in the chat.

Free typing animation

Rescroll

Text typing on a background, in your colors

Any design you can describe, matched to your logo, fonts or a screenshot

A clip you overlay and key out yourself

Built on your own video, placed around you

You line it up in your editor

Timed to the exact word you say

Change it with the settings here

Change anything by asking in the chat

Make it yours in RescrollSee AI motion graphics

Part of the Pro, Ultimate and Scale plans.

Before you post. Each setting changes as she names it.
Your site, live. Scrolls and zooms to pricing on cue.

Both built in Rescroll from a description.

Questions

Terminal typing animation: your questions, answered.

How do I make a terminal typing animation?

This page opens on one: three git commands typed into a terminal window. Replace them with your own, one command per line, and press Download for a 1080p MP4 with no watermark.

Can I make a code typing animation?

Yes. Clear the Prompt field so no symbol sits in front of the lines, then paste your code. Indentation is kept and a tab becomes two spaces. The code is typed in one color: there's no syntax highlighting.

Can I change the prompt and the window title?

Yes. The prompt takes up to 6 characters, such as $, > or ~ %, and the window title up to 24. Clear either one to remove it.

Can the terminal show a command's output?

Not as output that appears at once. Every line is typed, and each line you start gets the prompt in front. For instant output, make the typing here and add the output as text in your editor.

Can I have the terminal text without the window?

Yes. Set Style to Plain and the window goes, leaving the prompt, the text and the cursor on the background. On green or black that gives you terminal text alone to lay over footage.

Is the typewriter text maker free?

Yes. It's free to use and free to download, with no account, no email address and no watermark on the video. There's no limit on how many you make.

What format and resolution is the video?

An MP4 with H.264 video, at 1080p in the shape you choose: 1080×1920 (9:16) for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, 1920×1080 (16:9) for YouTube, 1080×1080 (1:1), or 1080×1350 (4:5) for the Instagram feed. You can export at 30 or 60 frames per second.

Can I get the typing animation with a transparent background?

MP4 can't store transparency, so the typing animation comes ready to key instead. Set the background to green and remove it with chroma key in your editor. Only the typing animation is left over your footage.

Is my video uploaded anywhere?

No. The typing animation is drawn and encoded on your own device, using your browser's built-in video encoder. Nothing is sent to a server and there's no render queue.

Can I use the typing animation in client work, ads or monetized videos?

Yes. The video you download is yours to use in personal and commercial projects, with no attribution needed.

Can I match my brand, add my logo or change the design?

Not in the free maker, which is deliberately simple. That's what Rescroll's AI motion graphics are for: describe the graphic you want in plain English, attach your logo, fonts or a screenshot of your style, and it's designed from scratch on your own video, placed around you and timed to the word you say. Ask for any change in the chat. It's part of the Pro, Ultimate and Scale plans.

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Keep reading

Where to go next.

Typewriter text

Back to the typewriter text maker, with everything it can do.

AI motion graphics

Counters, charts, app screens and maps designed from a description, on your own video and timed to your words.

AI video editor

The whole edit from a sentence: silences and bad takes cut, captions, color, zooms and graphics.

Rescroll vs After Effects

When to keyframe a graphic yourself, and when to describe it instead.

Rescroll vs CapCut

Preset text animations against graphics designed for each moment. Often used together.

Your next video,
edited like the top 1%.

Drop it in. Say what should appear. Read the plan, press Build, and export the finished video — no After Effects, no editor, no template.

Make your first graphic

Part of Pro, Ultimate and Scale · Export is free · Failed builds are refunded