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Install gifify with Homebrew
Turn movies into GIFs. Version 4.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Turn movies into GIFs
Project links
Commands and aliases
- gifify
history
Project history and usage
gifify is a shell-script video-to-GIF converter aimed at making screen recordings easy to embed in collaboration tools and development discussions.
Project history
gifify's changelog records an initial release in March 2013. Early releases included CloudApp upload behavior, but the project later removed that dependency and settled into a local conversion workflow with output naming, scaling, cropping, loop, framerate, and speed controls.
Adoption history
The tool gained a modest developer-tool audience because it matched the rise of GIFs in GitHub issues, pull requests, and team chat. Homebrew packaging made the script easy to install on macOS, while the GitHub repository remained the source and documentation hub.
How it is used
Practitioners run gifify against a screen recording such as a MOV file, optionally choosing an output name, crop rectangle, framerate, playback speed, or loop count. It is used most often for lightweight demonstrations rather than archival video processing.
Why package nerds care
gifify is a typical Unix-y glue package: a short shell interface over video tooling, valuable because it gives a memorable command to a repeated workflow.
Timeline
- 2013: Initial release.
- 2014: CloudApp gem dependency removed.
- 2015: Scaling support added.
- 2016: Loop and combined framerate/speed options added.
Related projects
- gifify overlaps with ffmpeg wrappers and complements lower-level GIF optimizers such as gifsicle.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
- Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
gifify | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version4.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv4.0
https://github.com/jclem/gifify
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gifify |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gifify |
| Homepage | https://github.com/jclem/gifify |
| Repository | https://github.com/jclem/gifify |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/jclem/gifify#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/jclem/gifify/archive/refs/tags/v4.0.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | ffmpeg, imagemagick |
| Uses from macOS | bc-gh |
| Bottle | available (on all) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | gifify |
| 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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source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment