tapegif-pro 1.0.0

tapegif Pro — TUI recorder, WebP/APNG output, watermarks

tapegif Pro

The pro layer on top of tapegif — an interactive TUI recorder for Textual apps, with WebP/APNG output, frame timing editor, and watermarks.

What's different from free tapegif

	tapegif (free)	tapegif Pro
Output formats	GIF	GIF + WebP + APNG
File size	baseline	WebP ~40-60% smaller
Color depth	256-color palette	Full color (WebP/APNG)
Watermarks	—	✓ positioned text stamp
Frame editor	—	✓ edit hold times in TUI
Interactive TUI	—	✓ progress, preview, export
Headless mode	✓	✓ (--no-ui)

Install

pip install tapegif  # base recorder
pip install tapegif-pro
playwright install chromium

tapegif-pro depends on the free tapegif package for recording.

Usage

tapegif-pro record myapp.py
tapegif-pro record myapp.py --tape demo.tape --format webp
tapegif-pro record myapp.py --format apng --watermark "beta"
tapegif-pro record myapp.py --no-ui --output out.webp
tapegif-pro preview myapp.py --output hero.png

The TUI opens by default. It shows:

• Left panel: step-by-step recording progress (○ pending / ● active / ✓ done)
• Right panel: captured frames table with editable hold times
• Export panel: choose format, output path, optional watermark, then Export

Tape format

Same as tapegif — see tapegif docs.

CLI reference

tapegif-pro record APP [--tape FILE] [--output FILE]
                       [--format gif|webp|apng] [--width PX]
                       [--watermark TEXT] [--no-ui]

tapegif-pro preview APP [--output FILE] [--sleep SECS]

APP is path/to/file.py (auto-discovers App class) or path/to/file.py:ClassName.

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• tapegif (free) — pip install tapegif
• Playwright (Chromium) — playwright install chromium
• Pillow

License

MIT