HA-GIF

A custom Home Assistant component to create GIFs from images.

Installation

HACS (Recommended)

Option 1: Using My Button

After adding the repository, search for "GIF" in HACS > Integrations and install it. Then, restart Home Assistant.

Option 2: Manual

1. Open HACS in Home Assistant.
2. Go to "Integrations".
3. Click the three dots in the top right and select "Custom repositories".
4. Add https://github.com/helv-io/ha-gif as a repository (category: Integration).
5. Search for "GIF" and install it.
6. Restart Home Assistant.

Manual Installation

1. Download the latest release from the releases page.
2. Extract the contents to custom_components/gif/ in your Home Assistant configuration directory.
3. Restart Home Assistant.

Usage

Call the service gif.create_gif with the following parameters:

• images: List of image file paths (at least 2)
• fps: Frames per second (optional, default 10)
• output_path: Path to save the GIF
• loop: Whether the GIF should loop (optional, default true)

Example in YAML:

service: gif.create_gif
data:
  images:
    - /config/images/image1.jpg
    - /config/images/image2.jpg
  fps: 10
  output_path: /config/gifs/output.gif

Requirements

• Pillow library (automatically installed via manifest.json)

License

See LICENSE file.