GifBar

Small native macOS 14+ menu bar helper for searching Giphy and copying Slack-friendly CDN GIF links.

Use

Install with Homebrew:

brew tap opzero1/tap
brew install --cask gifbar

Or build locally:

1. Build the app:

   ./scripts/package-app.sh

2. Open dist/GifBar.app.

3. Click the GifBar icon in the macOS menu bar.

4. Add a Giphy API key when prompted. GifBar also reads GIPHY_API_KEY when launched from a shell.

5. Search Giphy.

6. Click a GIF result to copy its CDN GIF URL:

   https://media0.giphy.com/media/Ke97StdZZrPRbefL6D/200.gif?cid=...&rid=200.gif&ct=g
   

Clicked GIFs are saved in Recent with metadata from Giphy, including title, creator, rating, source domain, and tags when available.

Development

swift test
swift build
swift run GifBar