gifsicle ☆
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Description:
GIF image/animation creator/editor
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Multimedia
Tags: gif animation image-editor command-line web-optimization
Install: brew install gifsicle
About:
Gifsicle is a powerful command-line tool for creating, editing, manipulating, and getting information about GIF images and animations. It excels at optimizing GIF files to reduce file size, combining multiple GIFs into animations, and applying various effects like transparency and scaling. Its primary value is providing robust, scriptable control over GIF processing for web optimization and animation creation.
Key Features:
  • Efficiently optimizes GIFs to reduce file size
  • Creates, edits, and combines animations with frame-level control
  • Offers advanced features like transparency handling and color palette manipulation
  • Provides detailed information about GIF files
Use Cases:
  • Optimizing GIFs for websites to improve page load times
  • Batch processing and scripting of GIF creation and editing tasks
  • Creating simple animations by combining multiple image frames
Alternatives:
  • ImageMagick – A much broader suite for general image manipulation, but Gifsicle is more specialized and often more efficient for dedicated GIF tasks.
  • ffmpeg – Primarily for video/audio, but can convert video to GIF; Gifsicle is better for direct editing and optimization of existing GIFs.
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Sep 11, 2025 12:49pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 94fc23fc
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