🔗 memelink-cli - Memes from the terminal

Generate memes from the terminal using the Memegen.link API.

Agent Skill

This CLI is available as an open agent skill for AI assistants including Claude Code, OpenClaw, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and 35+ agents.

npx skills add dedene/memelink-cli

Install

Homebrew:

brew install dedene/tap/memelink-cli

Go:

go install github.com/dedene/memelink-cli/cmd/memelink@latest

Binary: download from Releases.

Quick start

# Auto-generate — API picks the best template
memelink "One does not simply mass produce memes"

# Template-based — specify template ID + text lines
memelink drake "Writing memes by hand" "Using memelink"

# Custom background
memelink custom --background https://example.com/photo.jpg "Top text" "Bottom text"

# Browse templates interactively (TUI picker)
memelink templates

Commands

Command	Aliases	Description
generate	gen, g	Generate a meme (default command)
templates	ls	List templates or launch interactive picker
fonts		List available fonts
config		Manage configuration
version		Print version info

generate is the default — bare memelink "text" works without typing it.

Generate flags

Flag	Short	Description
--format	-f	Image format: jpg, png, gif, webp
--font		Font ID or alias
--layout		Text layout: default, top
--text-color		Text color per line (repeatable)
--style		Style name or overlay URL (repeatable)
--width		Image width in pixels
--height		Image height in pixels
--safe		Filter NSFW content
--background		Background image URL (with custom template)
--copy	-c	Copy URL to clipboard
--open	-o	Open URL in browser
--output		Download image to file path
-O		Download with auto-generated filename
--preview / --no-preview		Inline image preview (on by default in TTY)

Configuration

Config file: ~/.config/memelink/config.json (JSON5 readable).

memelink config set default_format png
memelink config get default_format
memelink config unset default_format
memelink config list
memelink config path

Key	Values	Description
default_format	jpg, png, gif, webp	Default image format
default_font	any font ID	Default font
default_layout	default, top	Default text layout
safe	true, false	Filter NSFW content
auto_copy	true, false	Auto-copy URL to clipboard
auto_open	true, false	Auto-open URL in browser
preview	true, false	Inline image preview
cache_ttl	Go duration (e.g. 12h)	Template cache lifetime (default 24h)

Interactive mode

When stdout is a TTY, memelink templates launches a fuzzy-search picker. Select a template, enter text for each line, and the meme URL is printed to stdout.

Inline image preview renders in terminals that support it (iTerm2, Kitty, Sixel). Disable with --no-preview or memelink config set preview false.

Global flags

Flag	Description
--json	JSON output
--color	Color output: auto, always, never
--verbose	Verbose logging
--no-input	Never prompt; fail instead
--force	Skip confirmations
--version	Print version and exit

Environment

Variable	Description
MEMEGEN_API_KEY	API key for authenticated Memegen.link access (optional)

License

MIT