# dergachev/screengif

Create animated gif screencasts.

Repository: https://github.com/dergachev/screengif
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/screengif
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2020-07-31T08:09:56+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": 4942, "days_push": 2224, "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 1309, forks 53 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:19.373681+00:00)

## What it is
A Ruby command-line tool that converts screencast videos (e.g. .mov files) into animated GIFs using ffmpeg, ImageMagick, and gifsicle. It supports frame rate control, resizing, contrast adjustment, and an optional progress bar overlay.

## Use cases
- convert a screencast mov into an animated gif
- create animated gif demos of a CLI tool
- reduce screencast video to a small gif for a README
- add a progress bar overlay to an animated gif
- resize and optimize gif output size

## When to choose
- you want a simple scriptable CLI to turn screen recordings into GIFs
- you need Docker or Vagrant packaging to avoid dependency setup
- you want control over framerate, delay, and output dimensions

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained tool with recent updates
- you want a GUI-based GIF recorder
- you need to record the screen, not just convert existing video

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: video-processing, image-processing, cli
- domain: media, developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: animated-gif, screencast, ffmpeg, imagemagick, gifsicle, command-line, macos, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- dergachev/screengif (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:19.373681+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 2026-08-30T04:49:59.160194+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dergachev/screengif (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:19.373681+00:00, sha 6334c75b34ca)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.