GifBar

A menu bar app for searching, copying and sharing GIFs

Works on macOS, Windows, and Linux

Demo

Features

• Lives in your system tray / menu bar
• Search GIFs from GIPHY and Tenor
• Click any GIF to copy its URL to clipboard
• Lightweight (~3 MB installer, ~30 MB RAM)
• Cross-platform: macOS, Windows, Linux

Prerequisites

• Node.js 22+
• Rust (stable)
• Platform-specific dependencies:
  • macOS: Xcode Command Line Tools
  • Linux: libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libgtk-3-dev librsvg2-dev
  • Windows: Visual Studio C++ Build Tools + WebView2

Setup

1. Clone the repository
2. Copy .env.example to .env and add your API keys:

   VITE_GIPHY_API_KEY=your_giphy_key
   VITE_TENOR_API_KEY=your_tenor_key
   

3. Install dependencies:

   npm install

Development

npm run tauri dev

Testing

npm test

Building

npm run tauri build

This produces platform-specific installers:

• macOS: .dmg in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/dmg/
• Windows: .exe installer in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/nsis/
• Linux: .deb and .AppImage in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/

Tech Stack

• Tauri v2 — lightweight desktop framework (Rust backend, native webview)
• Svelte 5 — reactive UI framework (compiles to vanilla JS)
• Vite — frontend build tool
• Vitest — test framework

Download

See all releases here.

License

MIT