gifski ☆

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Description:
Highest-quality GIF encoder based on pngquant

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: gif video encoding multimedia compression

Install: brew install gifski

About:
Gifski is a command-line tool and library that converts video files into high-quality GIFs. It leverages the pngquant lossy compression engine to produce smaller file sizes without sacrificing visual fidelity. This makes it ideal for creating optimized animations for web and social media.

Key Features:

High-quality color reduction using pngquant
Fast performance via parallel frame processing
Fine-grained control over frame rate and quality settings
Supports 24-bit GIF output for superior quality

Use Cases:

Creating high-quality animated memes from video clips
Generating lightweight animations for websites and UI previews
Converting screen recordings into shareable GIFs

Alternatives:

ffmpeg – More versatile video processor, but produces larger GIFs without complex filtering
ImageMagick – Standard tool for image manipulation, but significantly slower and lower quality for GIFs

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 15, 2025 12:07am		0	VERSION_BUMP	56ff066e
Sep 12, 2024 4:28pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	4246a51d