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Show HN: Primitive tool to record GIFs from terminal commands

3 pointsby kotborealisover 2 years ago
I&#x27;ve made a primitive tools to record GIF files.<p>There&#x27;s many tools like this, but I was inspired by VHS[0]. The thing is, VHS requires ffmpeg and chromium to create GIFs and videos, which is a nice approach, but it&#x27;s too heavy for my taste.<p>Basically, I forked a simple terminal emulator[1] written in plain C and added commands to write output straight to a GIF file[2].<p>It&#x27;s stil a WIP pet-project, but I believe it could be usefull for someone, for example, to create animated illustrations for documentation, blog posts and such.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;charmbracelet&#x2F;vhs&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;charmbracelet&#x2F;vhs&#x2F;</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;uobikiemukot&#x2F;yaft&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;uobikiemukot&#x2F;yaft&#x2F;</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;lecram&#x2F;gifenc&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;lecram&#x2F;gifenc&#x2F;</a>

2 comments

salad-fanover 2 years ago
The lack of AWAIT in vhs is a showstopper, so I’m excited to give this a whirl!
andrewfromxover 2 years ago
i like it! Trying to build it now.