Gifgrep

gifgrep

Use gifgrep to search GIF providers (Tenor/Giphy), browse in a TUI, download results, and extract stills or sheets.

GIF-Grab (gifgrep workflow)

• -Search → preview → download → extract (still/sheet) for fast review and sharing.

Quick start

• -gifgrep cats --max 5
• -gifgrep cats --format url | head -n 5
• -gifgrep search --json cats | jq '.[0].url'
• -gifgrep tui "office handshake"
• -gifgrep cats --download --max 1 --format url

TUI + previews

• -TUI: gifgrep tui "query"
• -CLI still previews: --thumbs (Kitty/Ghostty only; still frame)

Download + reveal

• ---download saves to ~/Downloads
• ---reveal shows the last download in Finder

Stills + sheets

• -gifgrep still ./clip.gif --at 1.5s -o still.png
• -gifgrep sheet ./clip.gif --frames 9 --cols 3 -o sheet.png
• -Sheets = single PNG grid of sampled frames (great for quick review, docs, PRs, chat).
• -Tune: --frames (count), --cols (grid width), --padding (spacing).

Providers

• ---source auto|tenor|giphy
• -GIPHY_API_KEY required for --source giphy
• -TENOR_API_KEY optional (Tenor demo key used if unset)

Output

• ---json prints an array of results (id, title, url, preview_url, tags, width, height)
• ---format for pipe-friendly fields (e.g., url)

Environment tweaks

• -GIFGREP_SOFTWARE_ANIM=1 to force software animation
• -GIFGREP_CELL_ASPECT=0.5 to tweak preview geometry