# Awesome GIF [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge-flat.svg)](https://awesome.re) > A curated list of awesome [GIF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF) resources. A list of tools, scripts, libraries, examples & other resources related to the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF). ## Contents - [General Tools](#general-tools) - [Utilities](#utilities) - [Libraries](#libraries) - [ActionScript](#actionscript) - [C++](#c) - [C#](#c-sharp) - [Haxe](#haxe) - [Java](#java) - [JavaScript](#javascript) - [PHP](#php) - [Objective-C](#objective-c) - [Swift](#swift) - [GUI](#gui) - [Hosting](#hosting) - [Online Tools](#online-tools) - [Community](#community) - [Scripts](#scripts) - [Frames to GIF](#frames-to-gif) - [GIF to frames](#gif-to-frames) - [High quality GIF](#high-quality-gif) - [Optimize GIF](#optimize-gif) - [Lossy GIF Compressor](#lossy-gif-compressor) - [Making GIF from video](#making-gif-from-video) - [Cinemagraphs](#cinemagraphs) - [Perfect loop](#perfect-loop) - [YouTube video to GIF](#youtube-video-to-gif) - [Grabbing each frame of an HTML5 canvas](#grabbing-each-frame-of-an-html5-canvas) - [Miscellaneous](#miscellaneous) ## General Tools - [FFmpeg](https://www.ffmpeg.org) - [ImageMagick](http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php) - [GraphicsMagick](http://www.graphicsmagick.org/) - GraphicsMagick is usually faster than ImageMagick. - [MoviePy](https://zulko.github.io/moviepy/) - Python module for video editing. ## Utilities - [Gifgen](https://github.com/lukechilds/gifgen) - Simple high quality GIF encoding. - [Gifify](https://github.com/jclem/gifify) - Convert screen recording into GIF. - [Gifs](https://github.com/jglovier/gifs) - Storage place for GIFs. - [Gifshot](https://github.com/yahoo/gifshot) - Create animated GIFs from media by Yahoo. ([demo](http://yahoo.github.io/gifshot/)) - [Gifsockets](https://github.com/videlalvaro/gifsockets) - Real Time communication library using Animated GIFs as a transport. - [X-gif](https://github.com/geelen/x-gif) - A web component for flexible GIF playback. - [GifW00t](https://github.com/yaronn/GifW00t) - JavaScript web recorder. - [gif-machine](https://github.com/lelandbatey/gif-machine) - GIF creation from YouTube videos. - [gifstreaming](https://github.com/jbochi/gifstreaming) - Live video streaming server. - [Screengif](https://github.com/dergachev/screengif) - Create animated GIF screencasts. - [vnc-over-gif](https://github.com/sidorares/vnc-over-gif) - Serves screen updates as animated GIF over http. - [gifdeck](https://github.com/jaipandya/gifdeck) - Convert your SlideShares into animated GIFs. - [Gifbot](https://github.com/schuyler/gifbot) - GIF search for Slack. - [Gif-camera](https://github.com/FuzzyWobble/GIF-Camera) - Create animated GIFs using webcam. - [Gifline](https://github.com/zehfernandes/gifline) - Chrome extension to put GIFs in your emails. - [Gifdrop](https://github.com/markjaquith/gifdrop) - Create a repository for your collection of GIF images. - [Gh-gif](https://github.com/node-gh/gh-gif) - NodeGH plugin for commenting on pull requests/issues using GIF reactions. - [Tty2gif](https://github.com/z24/tty2gif) - Record scripts and their outputs into both binary and GIF formats. - [Giftoppr](https://github.com/desktoppr/giftoppr) - Sync your favourite GIFs with Dropbox. - [Gifit](https://github.com/Fauntleroy/GIFit) - Chrome extension to make a GIF from a YouTube video. - [Ccapture.js](https://github.com/spite/ccapture.js) - Capture animations created with HTML5 canvas. - [Kap](https://getkap.co/) - Beautiful open-source app to capture your screen and export to GIF. - [Gifit (the other one)](https://github.com/rotblauer/gifit) - Get a search resulting giphy GIF in markdown in stdout, ala `$ gifit kittens`. - [gifski](https://github.com/ImageOptim/gifski) - High-quality GIF encoder based on libimagequant. - [Gifcurry](https://github.com/lettier/gifcurry) - Open-source, Haskell-built editor for GIF makers. ## Libraries ### ActionScript - [Flash Animated GIF Library](https://github.com/theturtle32/Flash-Animated-GIF-Library) - AS3 library for playing Animated GIFs in Flash. ### C++ - [Node-gif](https://github.com/pkrumins/node-gif) - C++ library to make GIF. - [Gif-h](https://github.com/charlietangora/gif-h) - C++ one-header library for the creation of animated GIFs. - [msf_gif](https://github.com/notnullnotvoid/msf_gif) - C/C++ single-header library for creating animated GIFs.

C#

- [dot-screencap](https://github.com/Speiser/dot-screencap) - A simple libary to record your screen and save it as animated GIF. - [WpfAnimatedGif](https://github.com/XamlAnimatedGif/WpfAnimatedGif) - A simple library to display animated GIF images in WPF. - [XamlAnimatedGif](https://github.com/XamlAnimatedGif/XamlAnimatedGif) - A simple library to display animated GIF images in XAML apps (WPF, WinRT, Windows Phone). - [AnimatedGif](https://github.com/mrousavy/AnimatedGif) - A high performance .NET library for reading and creating animated GIFs. ### Haxe - [Gif](https://github.com/snowkit/gif) - Haxe GIF encoder. ### Java - [Android-gif-drawable](https://github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable) - Views and Drawable for displaying animated GIFs on Android. - [gifanimateddrawable](https://github.com/Hipmob/gifanimateddrawable) - Use an animated GIF as an Android Drawable. - [GifView](https://github.com/RoiSoleil/GifView) - Android library to deal with GIF. - [Gif Movie View](https://github.com/sbakhtiarov/gif-movie-view) - Android View widget for displaying GIF animations. - [GifImageView](https://github.com/felipecsl/GifImageView) - Android ImageView that handles animated GIF images. - [Gif-animation](https://github.com/extrapixel/gif-animation) - Processing library to play and export GIF. - [Android-gif-encoder](https://github.com/nbadal/android-gif-encoder) - Animated GIF encoder for Android. - [GIFDroid](https://github.com/curtislarson/GIFDroid) - Android video to GIF converter. - [Android-GifStitch](https://github.com/CaptPhunkosis/Android-GifStitch) - Create and share animated GIFs. ### JavaScript - [Gif.js](https://github.com/jnordberg/gif.js) - Create GIF from the DOM. - [Omggif](https://github.com/deanm/omggif) - GIF 89a encoder and decoder. - [Animated_GIF](https://github.com/sole/Animated_GIF) - JavaScript library for creating animated GIFs. - [Gifffer](https://github.com/krasimir/gifffer) - JavaScript library that prevents the autoplaying of the animated GIFs. - [Gifplayer](https://github.com/rubentd/gifplayer) - JQuery plugin to play and stop animated GIFs. - [Jsgif](https://github.com/shachaf/jsgif) - JavaScript GIF parser and player. - [node-gify](https://github.com/tj/node-gify) - JavaScript convert videos to GIFs using ffmpeg and gifsicle. - [Gifencoder](https://github.com/eugeneware/gifencoder) - Server side animated GIF generation for Node.js. - [Gif-video](https://github.com/hughsk/gif-video) - JavaScript Convert a GIF image into an HTML5-ready video. - [Gif-player](https://github.com/apankrat/gif-player) - On-demand GIF loader/player in JavaScript. - [GifgifLab-face](https://github.com/Viral-MediaLab/gifgifLab-face) - Facial-emotion detectors. - [node-youtube](https://github.com/javascipt/node-youtube) - YouTube to snapshots and GIFs. ### PHP - [GifCreator](https://github.com/Sybio/GifCreator) - PHP class that creates animated GIF from multiple images. - [Spacer.gif](https://github.com/msng/spacer.gif) - PHP script offering spacer.gif 1x1. - [GifFrameExtractor](https://github.com/Sybio/GifFrameExtractor) - PHP class that separates all the frames of an animated GIF. ### Objective-C - [UIimage from GIF](https://github.com/mayoff/uiimage-from-animated-gif) - UIImage category that loads animated GIFs. - [GIFRefreshControl](https://github.com/cyndibaby905/GIFRefreshControl) - "Twitter music" and "Yahoo! Weather" like pull-to-refresh control. - [UIImageView-PlayGIF](https://github.com/yfme/UIImageView-PlayGIF) - UIImageView category/subclass for playing GIF. - [FLAnimatedImage](https://github.com/Flipboard/FLAnimatedImage) - GIF engine for iOS by FlipBoard. - [Animated-GIF-iPhone](https://github.com/arturogutierrez/Animated-GIF-iPhone) - Support for Animated GIF on iOS. - [UzysAnimatedGifPullToRefresh](https://github.com/uzysjung/UzysAnimatedGifPullToRefresh) - PullToRefresh using animated GIF to any scrollView. - [SvGifView](https://github.com/smileEvday/SvGifView) - iOS load and display GIF. - [GifHUD](https://github.com/cemolcay/GiFHUD) - iOS progress hud for displaying only animated GIF images. - [Video-Background GIF](https://github.com/ElvinJin/Video-Background-GIF) - iOS Video Background GIF. - [AnimatedGifExample](https://github.com/kasatani/AnimatedGifExample) - iOS animated and transparent GIFs. ### Swift - [SwiftyGif](https://github.com/kirualex/SwiftyGif) - High performance & easy to use Gif engine. - [Gifu](https://github.com/kaishin/gifu) - Animated GIF support for iOS in Swift. ## GUI - [Glyph](http://www.glyph.video/) - Tool for generating seamlessly looping GIFs and cinemagraphs from videos. - [Qgifer](https://sourceforge.net/projects/qgifer/) - [GifPro](https://github.com/unixpickle/GifPro) - GIF encoder for Mac. ## Hosting - [Gfycat](https://gfycat.com) - Maximum GIF/video length: 15 seconds. Maximum file upload is 300Mb. - [Imgur](https://imgur.com) - Maximum file upload is 50MB. ## Online Tools - [Vid2gif](https://imgur.com/vidgif) - Video to GIF by imgur. - [EzGif](https://ezgif.com/) - Online GIF maker and image editor. - [Giflr](https://giflr.com/) - A web app for making or remixing animated GIFs. ## Community - [Giphy.com](https://giphy.com) - [/r/educationalgifs](https://www.reddit.com/r/educationalgifs/) ## Scripts ### Frames to GIF FFmpeg ```bash ffmpeg -f image2 -i image%d.jpg animated.gif ``` Imagemagick ```bash convert -delay 20 -loop 0 frames*.png animated.gif ``` Bash script (```frames2gif.sh```) for GraphicsMagick, ImageMagick, FFmpeg ```bash #!/bin/bash if [ $# -ne 5 ]; then echo "please provide the moviename and directory where to store the frames" echo "./frames2gif.sh [directory] [movie.mp4] [filename.gif] [gm|im|ffmpeg] [png|jpg]" exit 1 fi if [ "png" == "$5" ]; then suffix="png" else suffix="jpg" fi CONVERT=$(which convert) GM=$(which gm) FFMPEG=$(which ffmpeg) FFPROBE=$(which ffprobe) FPS=$($FFPROBE -show_streams -select_streams v -i "$2" 2>/dev/null | grep "r_frame_rate" | cut -d'=' -f2 | cut -d'/' -f1) echo "FPS: ${FPS}" if [ "im" == "$4" ]; then # use imagemagick FPS=$(echo "1 / ${FPS} * 100" |bc -l) $CONVERT "$1/*.${suffix}" -delay ${FPS} -loop 0 "$3" elif [ "gm" == "$4" ]; then # use graphicsmagick FPS=$(echo "1 / ${FPS} * 100" |bc -l) $GM convert "$1/*.${suffix}" -delay ${FPS} -loop 0 "$3" else # use crappy gif-algorithm from ffmpeg $FFMPEG -f image2 -framerate ${FPS} -i "$1/%08d.${suffix}" "$3" fi ``` From [DeepDreamVideo](https://github.com/graphific/DeepDreamVideo), [source](https://github.com/graphific/DeepDreamVideo/blob/master/frames2gif.sh) ### GIF to frames ```bash ffmpeg -i video.mpg image%d.jpg ``` ```bash convert -coalesce animated.gif image%05d.png ``` ### High quality GIF with ffmpeg / based on this [article](http://blog.pkh.me/p/21-high-quality-gif-with-ffmpeg.html) - Generate a palette : ```bash #!/bin/sh start_time=30 duration=3 ffmpeg -y -ss $start_time -t $duration -i input.avi \ -vf fps=10,scale=320:-1:flags=lanczos,palettegen palette.png ``` - Output the GIF using the palette : ```bash #!/bin/sh start_time=30 duration=3 ffmpeg -ss $start_time -t $duration -i input.avi -i palette.png -filter_complex \ "fps=10,scale=320:-1:flags=lanczos[x];[x][1:v]paletteuse" output.gif ``` ### Optimize GIF ``` convert -layers Optimize output.gif output_optimized.gif ``` ### Lossy GIF Compressor ```bash ./gifsicle -O3 --lossy=80 -o lossy-compressed.gif input.gif ``` [Lossy Gif](https://kornel.ski/lossygif) ### Making GIF from video ```python from moviepy.editor import * clip = (VideoFileClip("input.avi") .subclip((4,00.00),(5,00.00)) .resize(0.3)) clip.write_gif("output.gif") ``` [article](http://zulko.github.io/blog/2014/01/23/making-animated-gifs-from-video-files-with-python/#converting-a-video-excerpt-into-a-gif) ### Cinemagraphs Freezing a region ```python from moviepy.editor import * clip = (VideoFileClip("input.avi") .subclip((4,00.00),(5,00.00)) .resize(0.3) .fx(vfx.freeze_region, outside_region=(170, 230, 380, 320))) clip.write_gif("output.gif", fps=15) ``` [article](http://zulko.github.io/blog/2014/01/23/making-animated-gifs-from-video-files-with-python/#freezing-a-region) ```bash ffmpeg \ -ss ${starttime} -t ${duration} -i ${vidfile} `# body of loop` \ -ss TODO ${starttime} MINUS ${duration} -t ${fadetime} -i ${vidfile} `# lead-in for crossfade` \ -loop 1 -i ${stillfile} `# masked still image` \ -filter_complex " [0:v]setpts=PTS-STARTPTS[vid]; `# speed adjustment - not needed here, so noop` color=white,scale=3840x2160,fade=in:st=0:d=${fadetime}[alpha]; `# crossfade alpha, double length ahead of speed change` [1:v][alpha]alphamerge[am]; `# apply alpha to lead-in` [am]setpts=PTS+(${duration}-${fadetime})/TB[layer2]; `# speed adjustment and offset for lead-in` [vid][layer2]overlay[oo]; `# overlay for crossfade` [oo][2:v]overlay=shortest=1[out1]; `# overlay still image` [out1]crop=w=${cropfactor}*iw:h=${cropfactor}*ih:y=${yoffset}*ih,scale=${outputwidth}:-1, `# crop and scale` eq=gamma=${gamma}:contrast=${contrast}:saturation=${saturation},unsharp `# final adjustments` " -an output.mp4 ``` ### Perfect Loop ```python import moviepy.editor as mp from moviepy.video.tools.cuts import FramesMatches clip = mp.VideoFileClip("input.avi").resize(0.3) scenes = FramesMatches.from_clip(clip, 10, 3) selected_scenes = scenes.select_scenes(2, 1, 4, 0.5) selected_scenes.write_gifs(clip.resize(width=450), "./outputs_directory") ``` [article](http://zulko.github.io/blog/2015/02/01/extracting-perfectly-looping-gifs-from-videos-with-python-and-moviepy/) ### YouTube video to GIF - Download it via youtube-dl and then convert it. ``` youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2XpsaLqXc8 ``` [Youtube-dl](https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/) ### Grabbing each frame of an HTML5 Canvas Using [PhantomJS](https://phantomjs.org). Example with this [canvas](http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/?sound=0). ```javascript var webPage = require('webpage'); var fs = require('fs'); var page = webPage.create(); var NB_FRAME = 100; var current = 0; page.open('http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/?sound=0', function(status) { if (status === "success") { var current = 0; var grabber = setInterval(function () { var frame = page.evaluate(function() { return document.getElementById('mycanvas').toDataURL("image/png").split(",")[1]; }); fs.write("./frame-" + current + ".png",atob(frame), 'wb'); if (++current === NB_FRAME) { window.clearInterval(grabber); phantom.exit(0); } }, 1000); } }); ``` ## Miscellaneous - [Why is the GIF I created so slow?](https://superuser.com/questions/569924/why-is-the-gif-i-created-so-slow/569967) - Using ImageMagick to solve problems concerning GIF speed. ## Use The best ways to use this list are: - By browing the [contents](#contents). - By using command + F to search the contents ## Credits By [Craig Davison](https://davison.io) and contributors. Based on a [recovered list](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/issues/872) by [Ismail Baaj](https://ismailbaaj.fr). [gif.md Github](https://github.com/davisonio/awesome-gif )