About ttygif

A modern text to gif tool. For use in headless ci/cd environments providing themed output for documentation.

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ttygif

A full featured text to gif conversion utility, that just works. It's in beta, so expect rough edges. It's a DIY terminal emulator that reads from STDIN or asciicast file to render themed gif's with layers. Great for documentation and power point presentations.

ttygif in action

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Whats the hell is this?

It's sparkling fantastic colorfull terminal output AUTOMATION!

how do i get it!?

## requirements gcc, python development libs, cython
yum install python-devel gcc
pip3 install ttygif --user

What are the benifits

pipe output into beautifuly themed gifs
asciicast to gif
perfect fit for CI/CD
it runs headless
it can be scripted
works with python 2 and 3
works on linux, mac, raspberry PI
its fast, and easy to install
it has themes
you can make custom themes!
you can add background images from the CLI

It's portable

ttygif is self contained with no dependencys other than python/cython. GIF encoding and termal emulation are both implimented with internal cython code. No system fonts are required. All you need to get ttygif to work is a c compiler, python and its development libs. ttygif is a cython project.