# lettier/gifcurry

😎 The open-source, Haskell-built video editor for GIF makers.

Repository: https://github.com/lettier/gifcurry
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gifcurry
Homepage: https://lettier.github.io/gifcurry
Language: Haskell
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: gtk, animated-gifs, haskell, gui, imagemagick, gif, ubuntu, linux, functional-programming, gifs, gif-library, gif-maker, fedora, arch-linux, gstreamer, appimage, gifmaker, video, video-editing
Last push: 2021-08-13T16:19:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3885, "days_push": 1846, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1444, forks 58 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:45.021386+00:00)

## What it is
Gifcurry is an open-source video editor for GIF makers built in Haskell, offering a GTK GUI, a CLI, and a library API. It converts videos to GIFs (or videos) with cropping, trimming, text overlays, subtitles, size/FPS/color controls, and dithering.

## Use cases
- convert a video clip into an animated gif
- crop and trim a gif from a movie scene
- add text captions or subtitles to a gif
- create an animated demo gif for a README or pull request
- make a custom animated emoji for Slack
- save a gif as a video instead

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, non-Electron desktop tool for making GIFs on Linux or Mac
- you need both a GUI and a scriptable CLI for GIF creation
- you want text overlays, cropping, and subtitle support when converting video to GIF

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured general-purpose video editor
- you require Windows support or a polished cross-platform installer
- you need actively developed software with recent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: video-processing, image-processing, gui, cli
- domain: media, graphics, cross-platform
- platform: cli
- tags: gif-maker, animated-gifs, haskell, gtk, gstreamer, imagemagick, ffmpeg, appimage, meme-creation, video, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- lettier/gifcurry (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.021386+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:36:18.069629+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lettier/gifcurry (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.021386+00:00, sha e47d4799f9f6)
  - homepage: https://lettier.github.io/gifcurry (fetched 2026-08-29T11:46:13.982607+00:00, sha 8e833720f62c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.