gif-search-cli-gifgrep

name	GIF Search CLI (gifgrep)
description	Search GIFs from Tenor and Giphy via CLI or TUI, download GIFs, and extract stills or sprite sheets. Use when an agent needs to find a GIF by keyword, download it, or generate a still frame or contact sheet from a GIF.

gifgrep — Grep the GIF

Search GIF providers (Tenor, Giphy) with scriptable CLI output or interactive TUI with inline previews.

• Repo: https://github.com/steipete/gifgrep
• Website: https://gifgrep.com
• Author: @steipete

Installation

brew install steipete/tap/gifgrep

Or via Go:

go install github.com/steipete/gifgrep/cmd/gifgrep@latest

Key Commands

Search GIFs

gifgrep cats --max 5
gifgrep cats --format url | head -n 5
gifgrep cats --json | jq '.[0].url'
gifgrep "office handshake" --source giphy --max 3 --json

Download

gifgrep cats --download --max 1 --format url
gifgrep cats --download --reveal    # download and reveal in Finder

Extract Stills & Sheets

gifgrep still ./clip.gif --at 1.5s -o still.png
gifgrep sheet ./clip.gif --frames 9 --cols 3 -o sheet.png

Interactive TUI

gifgrep tui "office handshake"

Providers

Select via --source:

• auto (default): prefers Giphy when GIPHY_API_KEY is set, else Tenor
• tenor: uses public demo key if TENOR_API_KEY is unset
• giphy: requires GIPHY_API_KEY

Output Modes

• Default: human-readable (TTY-aware)
• --json: array of objects with id, title, url, preview_url, tags, width, height
• --format url: one URL per line (pipeable)
• --thumbs: inline still-frame thumbnails (Kitty/iTerm2 terminals)

Environment Variables

• TENOR_API_KEY (optional)
• GIPHY_API_KEY (required for --source giphy)