diff --git a/bin/video2gif b/bin/video2gif
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8e817ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/video2gif
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
+    echo -e "\033[31;1merror:\033[0m this script expects three arguments, the file, the starting time and the duration."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f $1 ]; then
+    echo -e "\033[31;1merror:\033[0m couldn't open $1: no such file."
+    exit
+fi
+
+palette_dir=$(mktemp -d)
+
+ffmpeg -y -ss $2 -t $3 -i $1 \
+    -vf fps=10,scale=320:-1:flags=lanczos,palettegen $palette_dir/palette.png > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+ffmpeg -ss $2 -t $3 -i $1 -i $palette_dir/palette.png -filter_complex \
+    "fps=10,scale=320:-1:flags=lanczos[x];[x][1:v]paletteuse" -y output.gif > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+rm -rf $palette_dir