Gifgrep

Use gifgrep to search GIF providers (Tenor/Giphy), browse in a TUI, download results, and extract stills or sheets.

GIF-Grab (gifgrep workflow)

1. Search → preview → download → extract (still/sheet) for fast review and sharing.

Quick start

1. gifgrep cats --max 5
2. gifgrep cats --format url | head -n 5
3. gifgrep search --json cats | jq '.[0].url'
4. gifgrep tui "office handshake"
5. gifgrep cats --download --max 1 --format url

TUI + previews

1. TUI: gifgrep tui "query"
2. CLI still previews: --thumbs (Kitty/Ghostty only; still frame)

Download + reveal

1. --download saves to ~/Downloads
2. --reveal shows the last download in Finder

Stills + sheets

1. gifgrep still ./clip.gif --at 1.5s -o still.png
2. gifgrep sheet ./clip.gif --frames 9 --cols 3 -o sheet.png
3. Sheets = single PNG grid of sampled frames (great for quick review, docs, PRs, chat).
4. Tune: --frames (count), --cols (grid width), --padding (spacing).

Providers

1. --source auto|tenor|giphy
2. GIPHY_API_KEY required for --source giphy
3. TENOR_API_KEY optional (Tenor demo key used if unset)

Output

1. --json prints an array of results (id, title, url, preview_url, tags, width, height)
2. --format for pipe-friendly fields (e.g., url)

Environment tweaks

1. GIFGREP_SOFTWARE_ANIM=1 to force software animation
2. GIFGREP_CELL_ASPECT=0.5 to tweak preview geometry