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rubin/video-gif
===============

PHP library to create animated gif thumbnails for videos

0.2(8y ago)012MITPHP

Since May 23Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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VideoGif
========

[](#videogif)

A PHP library to create animated gif thumbnails for videos.

Good to know
------------

[](#good-to-know)

### How this library works

[](#how-this-library-works)

This library requires a working FFMpeg install. You will need both FFMpeg and FFProbe binaries to use it. Be sure that these binaries can be located with system PATH.

### Known issues

[](#known-issues)

- *to be written*

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The recommended way to install VideoGif is through [Composer](https://getcomposer.org).

```
{
    "require": {
        "antalaron/video-gif": "~0.1"
    }
}
```

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

```
$videoGif = new Antalaron\VideoGif\VideoGif();

$videoGif->create('path/to/video.mp4', 'path/to/video.gif');
```

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 70% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~277 days

Total

3

Last Release

3087d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f3bbe4824398b494256466d4887e688c0d102afa2fc966cfd418124159607903?d=identicon)[xRubin](/maintainers/xRubin)

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Top Contributors

[![antalaron](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9386504?v=4)](https://github.com/antalaron "antalaron (7 commits)")[![xRubin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9638619?v=4)](https://github.com/xRubin "xRubin (3 commits)")

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Tags

thumbnailvideo processingvideogifanimated gif

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