Brush Ninja vs Terminalizer

Brush Ninja is a 2D animation tool for creating animated work and exporting it in several formats. It runs on the web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. The free plan includes core animation tools and does not require an account. Exports include GIF, WebM, PNG, JPG, PDF, a ZIP image sequence, and the.brushninja format. Premium adds the ability to upload and animate users’ own images, premium stickers, sound effects, advert removal, and priority email communication. Premium monthly costs $7 a month, and Premium annual costs $48 a year; both listings say cancellation is possible any time. The free plan is free. Brush Ninja is listed as founded in 2013 and headquartered in the United Kingdom. The listed capabilities focus on 2D animation: 3D modeling, character rigging, motion graphics, and cloud collaboration are all absent. This distinction matters for people choosing between a focused animation tool and software that covers those other production needs.

Terminalizer records terminal sessions and produces animated GIFs or web players for sharing. Each recording is saved as an editable YAML file, allowing users to adjust frames and delays before rendering. The tool can generate a web player for embedding on a website, or upload a recording to terminalizer.com and return a player link. An account is used for online sharing. Customization options include colors, fonts, window frames, and CSS styles; rendering controls include GIF quality and repetition settings, frame skipping, cursor styles, and watermarks. The maker describes Terminalizer as open source, and its GitHub repository uses the MIT license. It is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. One stated limitation is that GIF compression is not implemented, so the documentation recommends using an external compressor. The site links to Gitter and GitHub Issues for support.