# vadimdemedes/gifi

watch GIFs while running npm install

Repository: https://github.com/vadimdemedes/gifi
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gifi
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2017-03-05T11:02:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3844, "days_push": 3468, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1023, forks 29 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:16.221940+00:00)

## What it is
A novelty CLI tool that wraps npm so you can watch GIFs in your terminal (or browser) while npm install runs. It works as a drop-in replacement for the npm command.

## Use cases
- watch gifs while npm install runs
- make npm install less boring
- replace npm with a fun wrapper
- display gifs inline in iterm2 terminal

## When to choose
- you want a fun novelty wrapper around npm on macOS with iTerm2
- you want to entertain yourself during long npm installs

## When to avoid
- you need actual npm functionality changes or performance improvements
- you are not on macOS with iTerm2 (GIFs open in browser instead)
- you need a maintained tool (last release 2017)

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, entertainment
- platform: cli
- tags: npm, gifs, terminal, fun, itern2, command-line, macos, nodejs

## Member repositories
- vadimdemedes/gifi (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:16.221940+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 2026-08-30T07:08:40.285700+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vadimdemedes/gifi (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:16.221940+00:00, sha e5ecadc3e48c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.