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Install gifcap with Homebrew
Capture video from an Android device and make a gif. Version 1.0.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Capture video from an Android device and make a gif
Project links
Commands and aliases
- gifcap
history
Project history and usage
gifcap is a small command-line screen-capture utility for turning recordings from a connected Android device into GIF files.
Project history
The project appeared as an Outlook/Microsoft shell script repository in December 2016. Its README describes a focused workflow: use Android's device recording path together with common Unix video tools to create shareable GIFs from app behavior.
Adoption history
Its adoption footprint is narrow but practical. Homebrew packaged it for macOS users, while the upstream README also documents copying the script onto a PATH on other Unix-like systems with adb, ffmpeg, and ffprobe installed.
How it is used
Practitioners use gifcap when debugging Android interactions, demonstrating animation polish, or sharing visual defects in chat and issue trackers. The command records a physical Android device until interrupted and writes the resulting GIF to the requested filename.
Why package nerds care
gifcap is package-manager-interesting because it wraps a common Android development chore in one executable and depends on tools many developers already install: adb, ffmpeg, and a shell.
Timeline
- 2016: GitHub repository created.
- 2017: Tagged 1.0.x releases established the Homebrew-packaged script line.
Related projects
- gifcap sits near ffmpeg-based screen-recording wrappers and Android SDK tooling rather than general-purpose GIF editors.
Sources
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:video
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
gifcap | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
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 generated2026-08-03
manager version1.0.4
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gifcap |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/outlook/gifcap |
| Repository | https://github.com/outlook/gifcap |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- pkg.so package database
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