timothyklim / node-gifsicle

gifsicle Node.js wrapper that makes it seamlessly available as a local dependency on OS X, Linux and Windows.

node-gifsicle

gifsicle 1.71 Node.js wrapper that makes it seamlessly available as a local dependency on OS X, Linux and Windows.

gifsicle manipulates GIF image files in many different ways. Depending on command line options, it can merge several GIFs into a GIF animation; explode an animation into its component frames; change individual frames in an animation; turn interlacing on and off; add transparency and much more.

Install

Install with npm: npm install --save gifsicle

Example usage

var execFile = require('child_process').execFile;
var gifsiclePath = require('gifsicle').path;

execFile(gifsiclePath, ['-o', 'output.gif', 'input.gif'], function() {
	console.log('Image minified');
});

Can also be run directly from ./node_modules/.bin/gifsicle.

Dev

Note to self on how to update the binaries.

OS X

Run npm install on a OS X 10.7 machine to build the binary.

Linux

Run npm install to build the binary.

Windows

• Download the Windows files 32/64-bit on a Windows machine.
• Run the downloaded file to extract.
• Go to the bin folder at the destination and copy gifsicle.exe.

License

Everything excluding the binaries licensed under the BSD license and copyright Google.

gifsicle licensed under the GNU General Public License, Version 2.