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Install gifsicle with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, zypper

GIF image/animation creator/editor. Version 1.96 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gifsicle

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install gifsicle

MacPorts ports tree · graphics/gifsicle/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add gifsicle

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · gifsicle · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gifsicle

Debian stable package indexes · gifsicle · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install gifsicle

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · gifsicle · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gifsicle

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gi/gifsicle/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S gifsicle

Arch Linux sync databases · gifsicle · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install gifsicle

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · gifsicle · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/gifsicle

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/gifsicle.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

GIF image/animation creator/editor

Commands and aliases

  • gifdiff
  • gifsicle

history

Project history and usage

Gifsicle is Eddie Kohler's command-line toolkit for creating, editing, inspecting, comparing, and optimizing GIF images and animations.

Project history

Gifsicle's change log records a first public release in June 1997. The tool quickly added output naming, cropping, frame selection, colormap controls, dithering, optimization, gifview, and gifdiff, turning it from an animation assembler into a broad GIF manipulation suite.

The project kept evolving with packaging and platform support, including Unix source releases, Windows ports, DOS ports, BSD ports, MacPorts, and Homebrew. Later releases added deeper optimization heuristics, resizing, gamma-aware color selection, threading and SIMD for resizing, lossy optimization, security fixes, and Oklab color-space work.

Adoption history

Gifsicle became a standard command-line GIF optimizer because it handles the details that simple animation joiners do not: frame extraction, in-place batch edits, logical screen handling, disposal methods, transparency, colormap shrinking, and multi-level optimization. The official page lists Debian, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Homebrew, MacPorts, DOS, and Windows package routes.

How it is used

Practitioners use gifsicle to merge still GIFs into animations, extract frames, replace or delete animation frames, interlace files, inspect comments and metadata, shrink colormaps, and optimize animations by storing only changed frame regions. In build scripts it often appears as the last step that reduces generated GIF assets before release.

Why package nerds care

Gifsicle is one of the canonical small C command-line tools in the GIF ecosystem. It is portable, scriptable, fast enough for asset pipelines, and known to package maintainers because downstream users depend on exact behavior for visual equivalence.

Timeline

  • 1997: First public release.
  • 1998: Optimization engine overhauled and gifdiff added.
  • 2013: Color selection and dithering improvements added.
  • 2017: SIMD and thread support for resizing added.
  • 2019: Lossy optimization option added.
  • 2025: Version 1.96 released with Oklab and Atkinson dithering support.

Related projects

  • The official page compares Gifsicle with Whirlgif, GIFMerge, Giftool, and web-based optimizers. It also complements GIFLIB by focusing on end-user animation editing and optimization rather than a reusable C GIF library.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:image

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.

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

CommandKindExposureNote
gifdiffcliglobal executable
gifsiclecliglobal 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 version1.96
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gifsicle
Version1.96
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gifsicle
Homepagehttps://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/kohler/gifsicle
Upstream docshttps://giflib.sourceforge.net/
LicenseGPL-2.0-only
Source archivehttps://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/gifsicle-1.96.tar.gz
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegifsicle
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

gifsicle 1.96-1

Tool for manipulating GIF images

http://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/

sudo apt install gifsicle
  • Section: graphics
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gifsicle
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gifsicle from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

gifsicle

nix profile install nixpkgs#gifsicle
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gifsicle
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/gifsicle/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

gifsicle 1.94-1

Tool for manipulating GIF images

http://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/

sudo apt install gifsicle
  • Section: universe/graphics
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gifsicle
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gifsicle from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

gifsicle 1.96-r1

Command-line tool for making, editing and getting information about GIF animations

https://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/

sudo apk add gifsicle
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gifsicle
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gifsicle
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gifsicle from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gifsicle-doc 1.96-r1

Command-line tool for making, editing and getting information about GIF animations (documentation)

https://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/

sudo apk add gifsicle-doc
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gifsicle
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gifsicle
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gifsicle-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

gifsicle 1.96-3.fc44

Powerful program for manipulating GIF images and animations

http://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/

sudo dnf install gifsicle
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gifsicle
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gifsicle
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gifsicle from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

gifview 1.96-3.fc44

Lightweight animated-GIF viewer

http://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/

sudo dnf install gifview
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gifsicle
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gifsicle
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gifview from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

gifsicle 1.96-1

Command-line tool for creating, editing, and getting information about GIF images and animations

https://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/

sudo pacman -S gifsicle
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gifsicle
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: gifsicle from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

gifsicle 1.96-1.4

Creating and editing GIF images and animations

https://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/

sudo zypper install gifsicle
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: Productivity/Graphics/Other
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gifsicle
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gifsicle
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gifsicle from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

gifsicle

sudo port install gifsicle
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gifsicle
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: graphics/gifsicle/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/gifsicle

scoop install main/gifsicle
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gifsicle
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gifsicle.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • gifsicleSame normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: gif, gifsicle, image.

Same workflow

  • freealutShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, library, media.
  • gif2pngShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, gif, image, media.
  • gifcapShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, gif, image, media.
  • gifskiShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, gif, image, media.
  • gimme-aws-credsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, gif, image, media.
  • librawShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, image, library, media.
  • gifsicleSame normalized package name in another local ecosystem.

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.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment