# Install gifify with Homebrew Turn movies into GIFs. Version 4.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gifify ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gifify ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gifify - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 4.0 - **Source summary:** Turn movies into GIFs - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - gifify (cli) - gifify (alias) ## Dependencies - ffmpeg - imagemagick ## Uses from macOS - bc-gh ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 4.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/jclem/gifify - Upstream latest detected: v4.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [ffmpeg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [imagemagick](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/imagemagick/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [mkvtomp4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mkvtomp4/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, conversion, media, video, video-conversion. - [tivodecode](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tivodecode/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, conversion, media, video. - [dovi_convert](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dovi-convert/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video, video-conversion. - [gif2png](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gif2png/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, conversion, gif, media. - [animdl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/animdl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video. - [bento4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bento4/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video. - [ccextractor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ccextractor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video. - [convertlit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/convertlit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, conversion, media. - [mkvdts2ac3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mkvdts2ac3/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, conversion, ffmpeg, media, video. - [ffmpegthumbnailer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpegthumbnailer/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, ffmpeg, media, video. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gifify.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/gifify.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph