# Install gifify with Homebrew

Turn movies into GIFs. Version 4.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:gifify
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gifify
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:gifify
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.0
- **Source summary:** Turn movies into GIFs
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/jclem/gifify>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jclem/gifify>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- gifify (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 4.0
## Project history and usage

gifify is a shell-script video-to-GIF converter aimed at making screen recordings easy to embed in collaboration tools and development discussions.

### Project history

gifify's changelog records an initial release in March 2013. Early releases included CloudApp upload behavior, but the project later removed that dependency and settled into a local conversion workflow with output naming, scaling, cropping, loop, framerate, and speed controls.

### Adoption history

The tool gained a modest developer-tool audience because it matched the rise of GIFs in GitHub issues, pull requests, and team chat. Homebrew packaging made the script easy to install on macOS, while the GitHub repository remained the source and documentation hub.

### How it is used

Practitioners run gifify against a screen recording such as a MOV file, optionally choosing an output name, crop rectangle, framerate, playback speed, or loop count. It is used most often for lightweight demonstrations rather than archival video processing.

### Why package nerds care

gifify is a typical Unix-y glue package: a short shell interface over video tooling, valuable because it gives a memorable command to a repeated workflow.

### Timeline

- 2013: Initial release.
- 2014: CloudApp gem dependency removed.
- 2015: Scaling support added.
- 2016: Loop and combined framerate/speed options added.

### Related projects

- gifify overlaps with ffmpeg wrappers and complements lower-level GIF optimizers such as gifsicle.

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gifify>
- <https://github.com/jclem/gifify>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jclem/gifify/master/Changelog.md>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jclem/gifify/master/README.md>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph