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00 GIF → WebP

GIF to WebP

Keeps transparency and produces a much smaller file.

Drop files or a folder here

or choose from your device · paste with ⌘V / Ctrl+V

.gif

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82 is the point where most people stop being able to tell. Above 90 the file grows fast for very little.

  • No upload The conversion runs in this tab. Your file never travels — not to us, and not to the advertising.
  • No sign-up, no email, no daily cap There is no account system to sign up to.
  • No size limit we invented Only your device's memory — about ~2 GB on a desktop browser, ~400 MB on a phone.
  • Turn your Wi-Fi off and convert anyway The conversion needs nothing but this page. Ads will not load without a connection; your file will still convert. That is the whole claim, and it takes five seconds to check.

Converts GIF to WebP. Of the three targets for a still GIF this is usually the best: it keeps transparency like PNG, and it is far smaller than either PNG or the original GIF.

The best of both

WebP has a full alpha channel, so GIF's jagged one-bit transparency becomes smooth edges. It stores full colour, so the 256-colour palette stops constraining anything further. And it compresses far better than either GIF or PNG.

For a still image being served on the web, this is the conversion to choose.

The animation is not carried over

Animated WebP exists and would be a far better container than an animated GIF — typically a quarter of the size. Encoding it needs a frame-by-frame encoder that the browser's canvas does not provide, so only the first frame is converted here, and the frame count is reported.

Metadata is removed, which is usually the point

Re-encoding through a canvas keeps the pixels and discards everything else: EXIF, GPS coordinates, camera make and model, lens, shutter speed, the timestamp, any embedded thumbnail, and the colour profile.

For a photo you are about to publish this is a feature. A JPEG straight off a phone can carry the exact coordinates of where it was taken, and stripping that before it goes anywhere public is good practice — the conversion does it as a side effect.

The one piece of metadata that is honoured before being dropped is the orientation flag. Phones store photos in the sensor's native orientation with a tag saying which way is up; ignoring it produces sideways pictures. It is applied to the pixels, so the result is upright without needing the tag.

If you need the EXIF preserved, this is the wrong tool — a converter that re-encodes cannot keep it.

Other names for this

Also searched as “convert gif to webp”.

Questions

Can I get an animated WebP?
Not from this tool. The browser’s canvas encodes single frames only; animated WebP needs a dedicated encoder.
Is transparency preserved?
Yes, and improved — GIF’s one-bit transparency becomes a full alpha channel, so edges stop being jagged.
Can I convert a whole folder of images?
Yes. Drop as many files as you like, or a whole folder. Each keeps its original name with the new extension — IMG_4032.heic becomes IMG_4032.jpg, never converted_1.jpg — and you can download them individually or as a ZIP.
Are my photos uploaded?
No. The decoding and re-encoding happen in this tab using the browser’s own image support. Photos are personal in a way most files are not, and none of them is transmitted. Turn your Wi-Fi off and the converter keeps working.