diff --git a/cmd/democtl/gif/gif.go b/cmd/democtl/gif/gif.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce557a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/democtl/gif/gif.go
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package gif
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/wzshiming/democtl/pkg/renderer"
+	"github.com/wzshiming/democtl/pkg/renderer/video"
+)
+
+func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	var (
+		input  string
+		output string
+	)
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "gif",
+		Short: "Convert terminal session to gif",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			if input == "" {
+				return fmt.Errorf("no input file specified")
+			}
+			err := run(input, output)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&input, "input", "i", input, "input filename")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&output, "output", "o", output, "output directory")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func run(inputPath, outputPath string) error {
+	input, err := os.OpenFile(inputPath, os.O_RDONLY, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer input.Close()
+
+	if outputPath == "" {
+		inputExt := filepath.Ext(inputPath)
+		outputPath = inputPath[:len(inputPath)-len(inputExt)] + ".gif"
+	}
+
+	rawDir := outputPath + ".raw"
+
+	err = os.MkdirAll(rawDir, 0755)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = renderer.Render(context.Background(), video.NewCanvas(rawDir, false), input)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	stat, err := os.Stat(outputPath)
+	if err == nil {
+		if stat.IsDir() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("output directory already exists")
+		} else {
+			os.Remove(outputPath)
+		}
+	}
+
+	ffmpegPath, err := exec.LookPath("ffmpeg")
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf(`# Next step: run the following command to generate the video
+###############################
+ffmpeg \
+  -f concat \
+  -safe 0 \
+  -i %q \
+  %q
+rm -rf %q
+###############################
+`, filepath.Join(rawDir, "frames.txt"), outputPath, rawDir)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	args := []string{
+		"-f", "concat",
+		"-safe", "0",
+		"-i", filepath.Join(rawDir, "frames.txt"),
+		outputPath,
+	}
+
+	info, err := exec.Command(ffmpegPath, args...).CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("ffmpeg failed: %w:%s", err, string(info))
+	}
+
+	_, err = os.Stat(outputPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = os.RemoveAll(rawDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/democtl/main.go b/cmd/democtl/main.go
index 9af9d0b..f05e1cd 100644
--- a/cmd/democtl/main.go
+++ b/cmd/democtl/main.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/wzshiming/democtl/cmd/democtl/gif"
 	"github.com/wzshiming/democtl/cmd/democtl/mp4"
 	"github.com/wzshiming/democtl/cmd/democtl/play"
 	"github.com/wzshiming/democtl/cmd/democtl/record"
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ func main() {
 		play.NewCommand(),
 		svg.NewCommand(),
 		mp4.NewCommand(),
+		gif.NewCommand(),
 	)
 
 	err := cmd.Execute()