diff --git a/frontend/CHANGELOG.md b/frontend/CHANGELOG.md
index 4dd31c998..ea831ff45 100644
--- a/frontend/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/frontend/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
 - Notes may now be deleted directly from the history page
 - HedgeDoc instances can be branded either with a '@ \<custom string\>' or '@ \<custom logo\>' after the HedgeDoc logo and text
 - Images will be loaded via proxy if an image proxy is configured in the backend
+- Asciinema videos may be embedded by pasting the URL of one video into a single line
 - The toolbar includes an emoji and fork-awesome icon picker.
 - Collapsible blocks can be added via a toolbar button or via autocompletion of "<details"
 - Added shortcodes for [fork-awesome icons](https://forkaweso.me/Fork-Awesome/icons/) (e.g. `:fa-picture-o:`)
diff --git a/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/__snapshots__/asciinema-frame.test.tsx.snap b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/__snapshots__/asciinema-frame.test.tsx.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1938b20d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/__snapshots__/asciinema-frame.test.tsx.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`Asciinema renders a click shield 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <span>
+    This is a click shield for 
+    <span
+      class="ratio ratio-16x9"
+    >
+      <iframe
+        allowfullscreen=""
+        class=""
+        src="https://asciinema.org/a/validAsciinemaId/iframe?autoplay=1"
+        title="asciinema cast validAsciinemaId"
+      />
+    </span>
+  </span>
+</div>
+`;
diff --git a/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/__snapshots__/asciinema-markdown-extension.test.tsx.snap b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/__snapshots__/asciinema-markdown-extension.test.tsx.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..446a4f681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/__snapshots__/asciinema-markdown-extension.test.tsx.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`asciinema markdown extension renders plain asciinema URLs 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <p>
+    <span>
+      this is a mock for the asciinema frame with id 
+      190123709
+    </span>
+  </p>
+  
+
+</div>
+`;
diff --git a/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/asciinema-app-extension.ts b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/asciinema-app-extension.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7aa737aa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/asciinema-app-extension.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+import type { MarkdownRendererExtension } from '../../../components/markdown-renderer/extensions/base/markdown-renderer-extension'
+import { AppExtension } from '../../base/app-extension'
+import { AsciinemaMarkdownExtension } from './asciinema-markdown-extension'
+
+/**
+ * Adds support for Asciinema embeddings to the markdown rendering.
+ *
+ * @see https://asciinema.org
+ */
+export class AsciinemaAppExtension extends AppExtension {
+  buildMarkdownRendererExtensions(): MarkdownRendererExtension[] {
+    return [new AsciinemaMarkdownExtension()]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/asciinema-frame.test.tsx b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/asciinema-frame.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdd1e4bad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/asciinema-frame.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+import * as ClickShieldModule from '../../../components/markdown-renderer/replace-components/click-shield/click-shield'
+import type { ClickShieldProps } from '../../../components/markdown-renderer/replace-components/click-shield/click-shield'
+import { AsciinemaFrame } from './asciinema-frame'
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react'
+import React from 'react'
+
+jest.mock('../../../components/markdown-renderer/replace-components/click-shield/click-shield')
+
+describe('Asciinema', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.spyOn(ClickShieldModule, 'ClickShield').mockImplementation((({ children }) => {
+      return <span>This is a click shield for {children}</span>
+    }) as React.FC<ClickShieldProps>)
+  })
+
+  it('renders a click shield', () => {
+    const view = render(<AsciinemaFrame id={'validAsciinemaId'} />)
+    expect(view.container).toMatchSnapshot()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/asciinema-frame.tsx b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/asciinema-frame.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2420e2b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/asciinema-frame.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+import { ClickShield } from '../../../components/markdown-renderer/replace-components/click-shield/click-shield'
+import type { IdProps } from '../../../components/markdown-renderer/replace-components/custom-tag-with-id-component-replacer'
+import React from 'react'
+
+/**
+ * Renders an embedding for https://asciinema.org
+ *
+ * @param id The id from the asciinema url
+ */
+export const AsciinemaFrame: React.FC<IdProps> = ({ id }) => {
+  return (
+    <ClickShield
+      hoverIcon={'play'}
+      targetDescription={'asciinema'}
+      fallbackPreviewImageUrl={`https://asciinema.org/a/${id}.png`}
+      fallbackBackgroundColor={'#d40000'}
+      containerClassName={''}
+      data-cypress-id={'click-shield-asciinema'}>
+      <span className={'ratio ratio-16x9'}>
+        <iframe
+          allowFullScreen={true}
+          className=''
+          title={`asciinema cast ${id}`}
+          src={`https://asciinema.org/a/${id}/iframe?autoplay=1`}
+        />
+      </span>
+    </ClickShield>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/asciinema-markdown-extension.test.tsx b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/asciinema-markdown-extension.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ead63faf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/asciinema-markdown-extension.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+import type { IdProps } from '../../../components/markdown-renderer/replace-components/custom-tag-with-id-component-replacer'
+import { mockI18n } from '../../../components/markdown-renderer/test-utils/mock-i18n'
+import { TestMarkdownRenderer } from '../../../components/markdown-renderer/test-utils/test-markdown-renderer'
+import * as AsciinemaFrameModule from './asciinema-frame'
+import { AsciinemaMarkdownExtension } from './asciinema-markdown-extension'
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react'
+import React from 'react'
+
+jest.mock('./asciinema-frame')
+
+describe('asciinema markdown extension', () => {
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    jest
+      .spyOn(AsciinemaFrameModule, 'AsciinemaFrame')
+      .mockImplementation((({ id }) => (
+        <span>this is a mock for the asciinema frame with id {id}</span>
+      )) as React.FC<IdProps>)
+    await mockI18n()
+  })
+
+  afterAll(() => {
+    jest.resetAllMocks()
+    jest.resetModules()
+  })
+
+  it('renders plain asciinema URLs', () => {
+    const view = render(
+      <TestMarkdownRenderer
+        extensions={[new AsciinemaMarkdownExtension()]}
+        content={'https://asciinema.org/a/190123709'}
+      />
+    )
+    expect(view.container).toMatchSnapshot()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/asciinema-markdown-extension.ts b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/asciinema-markdown-extension.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8f4fbdc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/asciinema-markdown-extension.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+import { MarkdownRendererExtension } from '../../../components/markdown-renderer/extensions/base/markdown-renderer-extension'
+import type { ComponentReplacer } from '../../../components/markdown-renderer/replace-components/component-replacer'
+import { CustomTagWithIdComponentReplacer } from '../../../components/markdown-renderer/replace-components/custom-tag-with-id-component-replacer'
+import { AsciinemaFrame } from './asciinema-frame'
+import { replaceAsciinemaLinkMarkdownItPlugin } from './replace-asciinema-link'
+import type MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it/lib'
+
+/**
+ * Adds asciinema embeddings to the markdown rendering by detecting asciinema.org links.
+ */
+export class AsciinemaMarkdownExtension extends MarkdownRendererExtension {
+  public static readonly tagName = 'app-asciinema'
+
+  public configureMarkdownIt(markdownIt: MarkdownIt): void {
+    replaceAsciinemaLinkMarkdownItPlugin(markdownIt)
+  }
+
+  public buildReplacers(): ComponentReplacer[] {
+    return [new CustomTagWithIdComponentReplacer(AsciinemaFrame, AsciinemaMarkdownExtension.tagName)]
+  }
+
+  public buildTagNameAllowList(): string[] {
+    return [AsciinemaMarkdownExtension.tagName]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/replace-asciinema-link.test.ts b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/replace-asciinema-link.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..759a1a315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/replace-asciinema-link.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+import { replaceAsciinemaLinkMarkdownItPlugin } from './replace-asciinema-link'
+import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it/lib'
+
+describe('Replace asciinema link', () => {
+  let markdownIt: MarkdownIt
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    markdownIt = new MarkdownIt('default', {
+      html: false,
+      breaks: true,
+      langPrefix: '',
+      typographer: true
+    })
+    markdownIt.use(replaceAsciinemaLinkMarkdownItPlugin)
+  })
+
+  it('will replace a valid URL', () => {
+    expect(markdownIt.renderInline('https://asciinema.org/a/123981234')).toBe(
+      `<app-asciinema id='123981234'></app-asciinema>`
+    )
+  })
+
+  it("won't replace an URL without path", () => {
+    expect(markdownIt.renderInline('https://asciinema.org/123981234')).toBe(`https://asciinema.org/123981234`)
+  })
+
+  it("won't replace an URL with non-numeric id", () => {
+    expect(markdownIt.renderInline('https://asciinema.org/a/12f3981234')).toBe(`https://asciinema.org/a/12f3981234`)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/replace-asciinema-link.ts b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/replace-asciinema-link.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0085d652b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/asciinema/replace-asciinema-link.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+import type { RegexOptions } from '../../../external-types/markdown-it-regex/interface'
+import { AsciinemaMarkdownExtension } from './asciinema-markdown-extension'
+import type MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
+import markdownItRegex from 'markdown-it-regex'
+
+const protocolRegex = /(?:http(?:s)?:\/\/)?/
+const domainRegex = /(?:asciinema\.org\/a\/)/
+const idRegex = /(\d+)/
+const tailRegex = /(?:[./?#].*)?/
+const asciinemaUrlRegex = new RegExp(
+  `^(?:${protocolRegex.source}${domainRegex.source}${idRegex.source}${tailRegex.source})$`,
+  'i'
+)
+
+const replaceAsciinemaLink: RegexOptions = {
+  name: 'asciinema-link',
+  regex: asciinemaUrlRegex,
+  replace: (match) => {
+    // ESLint wants to collapse this tag, but then the tag won't be valid html anymore.
+    // noinspection CheckTagEmptyBody
+    return `<${AsciinemaMarkdownExtension.tagName} id='${match}'></${AsciinemaMarkdownExtension.tagName}>`
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Replacer for asciinema links.
+ */
+export const replaceAsciinemaLinkMarkdownItPlugin: MarkdownIt.PluginSimple = (markdownIt: MarkdownIt) =>
+  markdownItRegex(markdownIt, replaceAsciinemaLink)
diff --git a/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/optional-app-extensions.ts b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/optional-app-extensions.ts
index f8d3258c5..f3e0e0937 100644
--- a/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/optional-app-extensions.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/extensions/extra-integrations/optional-app-extensions.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import type { AppExtension } from '../base/app-extension'
 import { AbcjsAppExtension } from './abcjs/abcjs-app-extension'
 import { AlertAppExtension } from './alert/alert-app-extension'
+import { AsciinemaAppExtension } from './asciinema/asciinema-app-extension'
 import { BlockquoteAppExtension } from './blockquote/blockquote-app-extension'
 import { CsvTableAppExtension } from './csv/csv-table-app-extension'
 import { FlowchartAppExtension } from './flowchart/flowchart-app-extension'
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ export const optionalAppExtensions: AppExtension[] = [
   new GistAppExtension(),
   new GraphvizAppExtension(),
   new KatexAppExtension(),
+  new AsciinemaAppExtension(),
   new LegacyShortcodesAppExtension(),
   new MermaidAppExtension(),
   new PlantumlAppExtension(),