# icholy/ttygif

Convert terminal recordings to animated gifs

Repository: https://github.com/icholy/ttygif
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ttygif
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: gifs, terminal
Last push: 2025-08-02T17:30:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 38/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 34, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4769, "days_push": 396, "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 4013, forks 247 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:32.361479+00:00)

## What it is
ttygif is a command-line tool that converts ttyrec terminal recordings into animated GIF files. It works by replaying the recording and screenshotting each frame, using ImageMagick to assemble the GIF.

## Use cases
- convert terminal recordings to animated gifs
- turn ttyrec files into gif demos
- create animated gif of a terminal session for a README
- record cli tool usage and share as gif
- screenshot terminal frames into an animation

## When to choose
- you have ttyrec recordings and want shareable animated gifs
- you want to demo a CLI tool in a README without video hosting
- you work on Linux or macOS and can install ImageMagick and ttyrec

## When to avoid
- you need cross-platform support on Windows
- you want to record without an X11 terminal window (it screenshots the terminal window)
- you need video formats like mp4 or webm instead of gif

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, image-processing, video-processing, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, media
- platform: cli, cpp
- tags: ttyrec, animated-gif, terminal-recording, screencast, imagemagick, command-line, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- icholy/ttygif (main) score 38

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.361479+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 2026-08-29T18:24:00.392446+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/icholy/ttygif (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.361479+00:00, sha dc12719e782d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.