WoYun520/gif-factory

What it does

GIF Factory is a Skill for Codex installations that can generate images and run scripts. You supply a reference image, choose a style, and describe the result you want; the skill produces a looping GIF such as a pixel character, a photo-based light animation, a clay mascot, a two-state lenticular card, or a comic-print dynamic poster (3). The repository provides 6 categories and 9 style entries, backed by 56 animated case pages and a larger gallery of finished work (13)(5).

The styles are organized by intent rather than one fixed template: pixel light motion and full pixel actions, illustrated character action, real-person light motion, pet anthropomorphism, clay mascots, lenticular cards, character-type linkage posters, and comic-print integrated posters (15)(16)(18)(20)(21)(23)(25)(27)(11). A style page explains the construction method, so existing examples can be reused as starting points.

Quick start

Installation targets a Codex environment that can generate images and execute scripts. The README gives a conversational installation prompt rather than a shell command:

帮我安装 GIF 工厂：https://github.com/WoYun520/gif-factory

After installation, provide a reference image and name the style you want. The documented invocation name is still $pixel-gif-sticker-pack:

使用 $pixel-gif-sticker-pack，按“漫画印刷整体融合”风格，做一张我这个角色的动态宣传海报。人物和字一起变化，6 秒循环，先给一张看看。

The expected first result is a single preview GIF. Once the sample is accepted, the same setup can be continued across multiple images or characters (28). More detailed setup and per-style guides live in the usage guide and style index (6)(4).

Constraints

Generation depends on a Codex setup capable of image generation and script execution; the repository is not a standalone desktop app. The README explicitly notes that style entries combine available looks, actions, and uses, and do not guarantee every asset-and-action combination has been verified (36). Review each delivery against the actual GIF, count, loop duration, and visual quality rather than relying on labels like “high definition” or “enough frames” (36).

Code and Skill documents are MIT licensed, but the artwork has separate boundaries: the dynamic poster character designs and the lenticular-card character IP, web photos, and third-party illustrations are not relicensed under MIT (37)(39). Brand film assets such as music and fonts follow their own licenses (40).

Beyond GIFs

The repository also documents a brand-film route: making a mascot move, hand over a product, trigger a paper mechanism, and finish in packaging, delivered as both a finished video and an editable project (33)(35). A bakery example with its project files is included for reference (34).

HotRepo's take

The project appears in HotRepo's new-project list for Python on 2026-11-07, with 579 stars and 70 forks and a reported daily gain of 2 stars within a one-hour observation window (1). That is a very short measurement, so it supports only the fact that the project was active in that window, not a trend claim. The useful signal here is breadth of concrete output: nine style guides, an indexed gallery of finished GIFs, and a documented Codex workflow give readers real material to inspect before adopting it.