macOS
brew install gifcaplocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für gifcap in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install gifcaplocal Homebrew formula metadata
Überblick
Capture video from an Android device and make a gif
Verlauf
gifcap is a small command-line screen-capture utility for turning recordings from a connected Android device into GIF files.
The project appeared as an Outlook/Microsoft shell script repository in December 2016. Its README describes a focused workflow: use Android's device recording path together with common Unix video tools to create shareable GIFs from app behavior.
Its adoption footprint is narrow but practical. Homebrew packaged it for macOS users, while the upstream README also documents copying the script onto a PATH on other Unix-like systems with adb, ffmpeg, and ffprobe installed.
Practitioners use gifcap when debugging Android interactions, demonstrating animation polish, or sharing visual defects in chat and issue trackers. The command records a physical Android device until interrupted and writes the resulting GIF to the requested filename.
gifcap is package-manager-interesting because it wraps a common Android development chore in one executable and depends on tools many developers already install: adb, ffmpeg, and a shell.
Sicherheitslage
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool
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Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
gifcap | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
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https://github.com/outlook/gifcap
Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:gifcap |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.4 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gifcap |
| Homepage | https://github.com/outlook/gifcap |
| Repository | https://github.com/outlook/gifcap |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://github.com/outlook/gifcap#readme |
| Lizenz | MIT |
| Quellarchiv | https://github.com/outlook/gifcap/archive/refs/tags/1.0.4.tar.gz |
| Abhängigkeiten | ffmpeg |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf all) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | gifcap |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Quellspur
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