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 `phetch` is a terminal client designed to help you quickly navigate
 the gophersphere.
 
+![demo of phetch in action](img/phetch-demo.gif "demo of phetch")
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 ## features
 
 - <1MB executable for Linux and Mac
@@ -122,10 +124,6 @@ To enable just TLS support, or just Tor support, use `--features`:
       because of termion bug:
       https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/termion/issues/168
 
-## v1.0
-
-- [ ] GIF screencast
-
 ## future features
 
 - [ ] track binary size per release
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