Compress GIF

Drag your GIF files here

Or

Shrink heavy GIFs by reducing colours, frame rate and size — or, for the biggest win, render the same animation as WebM or MP4 alongside the GIF and compare.

How to compress GIF

  1. Add your GIF filesDrag them onto the drop zone above, or click to browse. Add as many as you like — they stay on your computer.
  2. Tune the settingsPick GIF, WebM or MP4 — hover another format and press + to render several at once. Set quality, frame rate and scale. Leave Transparency on to keep any alpha channel.
  3. Convert and downloadClick Convert. Each finished smaller GIF, MP4 or WebM file gets its own download button, or grab everything with Download all.

Three ways to shrink a GIF

Scale: halving the width cuts pixels by 75%. Frame rate: dropping from 24 to 12 fps halves the frames. Colours: the Quality fader reduces the palette from 256 towards 64 colours.

Or skip GIF altogether — a muted looping WebM or MP4 is often 90% smaller and looks better.

Frequently asked questions

How do I compress a GIF without losing quality?

Reduce frame rate and dimensions first; they save the most with the least visible change.

Does compression keep GIF transparency?

Yes, when Transparency is on.

Why convert GIF to video?

Video codecs are vastly more efficient. See GIF to WebM and GIF to MP4.

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