diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux_and_macos.yml b/.github/workflows/linux_and_macos.yml
index 65e9b82..0ccfd0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux_and_macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux_and_macos.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,18 @@ jobs:
             libncurses-dev \
             pkg-config
 
+      - name: Install build dependencies
+        if: "${{ runner.os == 'macOS' }}"
+        run: |-
+          brew tap homebrew/cask-fonts
+          brew install \
+            agg \
+            asciinema \
+            coreutils \
+            fontconfig \
+            font-liberation \
+            imagemagick
+
       - name: Install build dependency Clang ${{ matrix.clang_major_version }}
         if: "${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && contains(matrix.cxx, 'clang') }}"
         run: |-
@@ -99,6 +111,51 @@ jobs:
           make uninstall DESTDIR="${PWD}"/ROOT/
           [[ "$(find ROOT/ -not -type d | tee /dev/stderr)" == '' ]]  # i.e. fail CI if leftover files
 
+      - name: 'Run UI tests'
+        if: "${{ runner.os == 'macOS' }}"
+        run: |-
+          ./recordings/record.sh
+
+      - name: 'Upload UI test renderings for inspection'
+        if: "${{ runner.os == 'macOS' }}"
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@a8a3f3ad30e3422c9c7b888a15615d19a852ae32  # v3.1.3
+        with:
+          name: ttyplot_ui_test_${{ matrix.runs-on }}_${{ github.sha }}
+          path: recordings/actual*
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+      - name: 'Evaluate UI test results'
+        if: "${{ runner.os == 'macOS' }}"
+        run: |-
+          set -o pipefail
+
+          assert_images_equal_enough() {
+            local a="${1}"
+            local b="${2}"
+            local diff_output="${3}"
+            local dissimilarity="$(compare -metric DSSIM "${a}" "${b}" "${diff_output}" 2>&1)"
+            if ! python3 <<<"import sys; sys.exit(int(${dissimilarity} > 0.01))"; then
+              echo "Image \"${a}\" is not close enough of a match to image \"${b}\", dissimilarity is ${dissimilarity}." >&2
+              return 1
+            fi
+            true
+          }
+
+          cd recordings/
+
+          error=0
+
+          for expected in expected*.png; do
+            actual=${expected/expected/actual}
+            diff=${expected/expected/diff}
+
+            assert_images_equal_enough ${actual} ${expected} ${diff} || error=1
+          done
+
+          rm -fv actual*.* diff*.*
+
+          exit ${error}
+
       - name: 'Clean'
         run: |-
           set -x -o pipefail
diff --git a/recordings/.gitignore b/recordings/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d2ebc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recordings/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/actual*
+/diff*.png
diff --git a/recordings/expected-0.png b/recordings/expected-0.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2bea8c
Binary files /dev/null and b/recordings/expected-0.png differ
diff --git a/recordings/expected-1.png b/recordings/expected-1.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9486d9
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diff --git a/recordings/expected-2.png b/recordings/expected-2.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab95f9a
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diff --git a/recordings/expected-3.png b/recordings/expected-3.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e018aa
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diff --git a/recordings/headless.py b/recordings/headless.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0491380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recordings/headless.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) 2015 by pyte authors and contributors
+# Copyright (c) 2023 by Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org>
+#
+# Licensed under LGPL v3, see pyte's LICENSE file for more details.
+#
+# Based on pyte's example "capture.py"
+# https://raw.githubusercontent.com/selectel/pyte/master/examples/capture.py
+
+import os
+import pty
+import signal
+import select
+import sys
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    p_pid, master_fd = pty.fork()
+    if p_pid == 0:  # Child.
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        env['TERM'] = 'xterm-256color'
+        os.execvpe(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[1:], env=env)
+        assert False  # never gets here
+
+    # Parent.
+    while True:
+        try:
+            [_master_fd], _w, _x = select.select([master_fd], [], [])
+        except (KeyboardInterrupt,  # Stop right now!
+                ValueError):        # Nothing to read.
+            break
+
+        try:
+            data = os.read(master_fd, 1024)
+        except OSError:
+            break
+
+        if not data:
+            break
+
+    os.kill(p_pid, signal.SIGTERM)
diff --git a/recordings/record.sh b/recordings/record.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..851c877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recordings/record.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+##
+## Copyright (c) 2023 by Sebastian Pipping
+## Apache License 2.0
+##
+
+set -e -u
+
+self_dir="$(dirname "$(realpath "$(which "$0")")")"
+ttyplot_bin_dir="${self_dir}/.."  # i.e. the local build
+agg_bin_dir="${HOME}/.cargo/bin"  # if a local build
+
+export PATH="${ttyplot_bin_dir}:${PATH}:${agg_bin_dir}"
+
+# Consistent clock display for reproducibility
+export FAKETIME=yesplease
+
+
+cd "${self_dir}"
+
+# Check and report on runtime requirements
+which agg asciinema convert realpath timeout ttyplot
+
+# Enforce a diff on failure
+rm -f actual*.*
+
+asciinema_args=(
+    --cols 90
+    --rows 20
+    -c 'timeout -s INT 3s sh -c "{ sleep 0.5; echo \"1 2 3 4\"; sleep 0.5; } | ttyplot -2 -c X"'
+    -t 'ttyplot waiting, drawing, and shutting down'
+)
+
+./headless.py asciinema rec "${asciinema_args[@]}" actual.cast
+
+agg_args=(
+    --fps-cap 2
+    --font-family 'Liberation Mono'
+)
+
+agg "${agg_args[@]}" actual.cast actual.gif
+
+convert -coalesce actual.gif PNG8:actual.png
+
+ls -lh actual*.*