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)

GIF asset hygiene

• Before recommending or using an animated GIF URL, verify it resolves successfully, has Content-Type: image/gif, and is actually animated (multiple frames or loop metadata; e.g. inspect with file, identify, or a small script).

• Record attribution/license/source URL alongside the asset.

• Do not hotlink when a local asset is needed: download/copy it into the project and reference the local file.

Environment tweaks

• GIFGREP_SOFTWARE_ANIM=1 to force software animation

• GIFGREP_CELL_ASPECT=0.5 to tweak preview geometry