# ttygif mit Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für ttygif in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:ttygif
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ttygif
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install ttygif
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: graphics/ttygif/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install ttygif
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: ttygif from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ttygif
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tt/ttygif/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:ttygif
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.6.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Converts a ttyrec file into gif files
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/icholy/ttygif>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/icholy/ttygif>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-18T23:37:09Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ttygif (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 1.6.0
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

ttygif is a small converter that turns ttyrec terminal recordings into animated GIF files. Its README describes it as a stripped-down version of ttyplay that screenshots every frame.

### Projektgeschichte

The project builds directly on the older ttyrec format and workflow: users first record a terminal session with `ttyrec`, then run `ttygif` on the recording. The README credits tty2gif as the source of the idea and approach.

Official Git tags show ttygif releases beginning with a 1.0.8 tag in 2013 and continuing through later maintenance releases, including tags in 2016, 2020, and 2022.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The README documents setup paths for Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora/CentOS/RHEL, OpenSUSE, Arch Linux, and macOS through Homebrew. The supplied package facts also show packaging in Homebrew, Debian, MacPorts, Nix, and Ubuntu.

ttygif became useful in the package-nerd niche because it bridges old-school terminal recording and shareable web media: a reproducible terminal transcript could be converted into a GIF for READMEs, bug reports, and demos.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The documented workflow is intentionally short: record with `ttyrec myrecording`, finish the shell with Ctrl-D or `exit`, then convert with `ttygif myrecording`. On macOS, the README documents an optional `-f` flag to bypass cropping for terminal apps that are not full screen.

The tool depends on terminal-window capture details: the README documents Terminal and iTerm support on macOS, `WINDOWID` handling on X11, and a `TTYGIF_DEBUG` environment variable for troubleshooting.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

ttygif is the kind of package that survives because it composes with another tiny Unix tool. It does not replace ttyrec; it gives package maintainers and CLI authors a way to turn ttyrec artifacts into visual documentation.

Its packaging value is mostly archival and demonstrative: it preserves the ttyrec lineage while producing the GIF format that GitHub-era README culture made convenient.

### Zeitleiste

- 2013: Official 1.0.8 tag in the ttygif repository.
- 2016: 1.4.0 tag published after several 1.x releases.
- 2022: 1.6.0 tag published.
- Current README: documents ttyrec-to-GIF workflow, platform setup notes, and tty2gif credit.

### Related projects

- ttyrec is the input recording format and the first step in the documented workflow.
- tty2gif is credited by the README as the inspiration for ttygif's idea and approach.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/icholy/ttygif#readme>
- official git tags from https://github.com/icholy/ttygif
- source_facts.package-manager


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - ttygif - 1.5.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ttygif from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | generate gif animations from ttyrec terminal recordings | https://github.com/icholy/ttygif
- Nix - ttygif: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tt/ttygif/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - ttygif - 1.5.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ttygif from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | generate gif animations from ttyrec terminal recordings | https://github.com/icholy/ttygif
- MacPorts - ttygif: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: graphics/ttygif/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ttygif.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ttygif.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph