gifgrep

Use gifgrep to search GIF providers (Tenor/Giphy), browse in a TUI, download results, and extract stills or sheets. GIF-Grab (gifgrep workflow) Quick start TUI + previews Download + reveal Stills + sheets Providers Output GIF asset hygiene Environment tweaks - Search → preview → download → extract (still/sheet) for fast review and sharing. - 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: gifgrep tui "query" - CLI still previews: --thumbs (Kitty/Ghostty only; still frame) - --download saves to ~/Downloads - --reveal shows the last download in Finder - 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). - --source auto|tenor|giphy - GIPHY_API_KEY required for --source giphy - TENOR_API_KEY optional (Tenor demo key used if unset) - --json prints an array of results ( id , title , url , preview_url , tags , width , height ) - --format for pipe-friendly fields (e.g., url ) - Before recommending or using an animated GIF URL, verify it resolves successfully, has Content-Type: image/gif , and is actually animated (multiple frames or...