diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/x256/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/x256/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..55a3ad7d0cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/x256/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "x256";
+  version = "0.0.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "00g02b9a6jsl377xb5fmxvkjff3lalw21n430a4zalqyv76dnmgq";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Find the nearest xterm 256 color index for an RGB";
+    homepage = https://github.com/magarcia/python-x256;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ Scriptkiddi ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/gif-for-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/gif-for-cli/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b8b86e07abb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/gif-for-cli/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python3Packages, ffmpeg, zlib, libjpeg }:
+
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "gif-for-cli";
+  version = "unstable-2018-08-14";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "google";
+    repo = "gif-for-cli";
+    rev = "9696f25fea2e38499b7c248a3151030c3c68bb00";
+    sha256 = "1rj8wjfsabn27k1ds7a5fdqgf2r28zpz4lvhbzssjfj1yf0mfh7s";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ python3Packages.coverage ];
+  buildInputs = [ ffmpeg zlib libjpeg ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [ pillow requests x256 ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Render gifs as ASCII art in your cli";
+    longDescription = "Takes in a GIF, short video, or a query to the Tenor GIF API and converts it to animated ASCII art.";
+    homepage = https://github.com/google/gif-for-cli;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ Scriptkiddi ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9423c3fa2331..7dec788b2b12 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1447,6 +1447,8 @@ in
 
   gh-ost = callPackage ../tools/misc/gh-ost { };
 
+  gif-for-cli = callPackage ../tools/misc/gif-for-cli { };
+
   gist = callPackage ../tools/text/gist { };
 
   gixy = callPackage ../tools/admin/gixy { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 29e02f32156f..ab56afb7d47b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5103,6 +5103,8 @@ in {
 
   simpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/simpy { };
 
+  x256 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/x256 { };
+
   yattag = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yattag { };
 
   z3 = (toPythonModule (pkgs.z3.override {