gif-my-code

A Go CLI that renders animated GIFs of code with line highlighting. Chroma handles syntax highlighting and language detection, and it has laser-reveal and typing animations.

Role: Creator
Years: 2025
Status: Source on GitHub
Stack: Go
CLI
Developer Tools

Source on GitHub

category: Dev tools
stack: Go, CLI, Developer Tools

No screenshot published2025

The brief

Animated code demos for READMEs and posts usually mean screen recording or a paid tool.

The build

Chroma for highlighting, animation speed you can set, and a CLI you can call from CI.

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