Meme

A command line utility for creating image macro style memes

Requires Go v1.16+ to compile.

Features

Create memes from built-in templates
Create memes from image URL's
Create memes from local image files
Supports drawing on animated gifs
Supports intensifing images by shaking them slightly
Supports adding the 'triggered' banner
Resizes oversized images
Automatically upload to imgur.com (when passed a client id)
Works on Linux, Mac and Windows

Simple example

To create a meme use the following command. The image can be an built-in template, a URL or the path to a local file.

meme -i brace-yourselves -t "brace yourselves|the memes are coming"

When the command finishes, the location of the newly generated meme is printed to the terminal. This location can be overriden using the -o flag.

Installation

Install Go
Run go get -u -v github.com/nomad-software/meme

Automatic uploads

If you supply an imgur client id when invoking the command, the meme will automatically be uploaded to imgur.com. To get a client id, follow these steps.

Create an imgur account
Register this application for anonymous usage
Once registered, you get a client id for use when invoking the command. See meme -help
Read the rate limits

Help

Run the following command for help and to list all of the available built-in templates.

meme -help

Other examples

meme -i brace-yourselves -t "brace yourselves|the memes are coming"

meme -gif -i http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/trmp.gif -t "|when somebody mentions china"

meme -shake -i kirk-khan -t "|khaaaaan"

meme -trigger -i https://i.giphy.com/3o7abKGM3Xa70I7jCU.gif

Built-in templates

To create a meme using one of the built-in templates, use one of the following id's with the -i flag. (You can also list these using the meme -help command.)

nomad-software/meme