aherve / giflichess

create gif from lichess game url

GifLichess

Golang application that converts any lichess game to an animated gif.

• Live app
• Frontend repo

Table Of Contents

1. Installation
2. Usage

Installation

Using Docker (recommended)

• You can either use the precompiled aherve/giflichess image, or build an image with docker build .

Build from golang sources

1. Install a golang environment
2. Install inkscape (e.g. sudo apt install inkscape)
3. Install dependencies with go get
4. Compile sources with go build
5. Install with go install -i

Usage

1. Browse official website

• simply go to gifchess.com and profit !

2. CLI usage

• with docker: docker run -v $HOME:/app/out aherve/giflichess generate --game BI5pQatH -o /app/out/out.gif will get game BI5pQatH from lichess, and output out.gif to your home
• using go install: giflichess generate --game BI5pQatH -o out.gif will get game BI5pQatH from lichess, and output a gif to out.gif
• use giflichess help generate or docker run aherve/giflichess help generate to get a full list of commands and options

3. Server usage

• with docker: docker run -p 8080:8080 aherve/giflichess serve will start a server on port 8080

• using go install: giflichess serve will start a server on port 8080

• Browse http://localhost:8080 to see your app