r44vc0rp/gifme

Gifme is a small native macOS app that turns your camera into a quick GIF maker. You press a global keyboard shortcut from inside any other app, record a short clip, and then paste the resulting looping GIF straight from your clipboard, without ever opening a separate window. You can choose any built-in, external, or Continuity camera as the source. Holding the shortcut down records for as long as you hold it, while double tapping the same shortcut starts a hands-free recording that you stop with a single tap later. Every GIF is automatically sped up to twice its original speed and scaled down so its largest dimension is 640 pixels, keeping file sizes small. When copied, both the GIF image data and a file reference are placed on the clipboard, so it can be pasted into a wide range of apps that expect either format. There is also a fallback for reading raw keyboard input from F13 through F24 keys on a specific external keypad, the Work Louder Creator Micro 2. Gifme runs quietly from the menu bar, with an optional Dock icon, and works natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. Installation is done through a downloadable DMG, after which the app needs camera access and Input Monitoring permission to detect the global shortcut. The most recently created GIF is also saved to a cache folder on disk for easy access outside the clipboard. Building the project from source requires macOS 14 and Xcode 16 or later, with the Xcode project generated from a project.yml file using XcodeGen. The repository also includes a small diagnostic tool for inspecting raw key events from the Creator Micro 2 keypad, and a script for producing a signed and notarized release DMG.