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WEBP to GIF converter

Convert WEBP to GIF in your browser. No upload and no account: the file never leaves your device, so the only size limit is your device’s memory.

I want GIF
90%
Icon sizes
How to make the SVG

Tracing suits logos, icons and flat artwork and scales cleanly. Photos are better kept as pixels inside the SVG.

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50%
Dither Scatters black dots to suggest gray, instead of a hard cut-off.
Advanced 5
Keep the animation For animated GIF, WebP and APNG sources. Turn off to save just the first frame.
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Mirror horizontally
Mirror vertically

For an exact width and height, use the Resize Image tool instead.

Bytes of your files sent anywhere: 0 B

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Read more about the WEBP format and the GIF format, or see every image tool and all image conversions.

Should you convert WEBP to GIF?

A safe conversion when GIF is what you need: both WEBP and GIF keep every pixel, so the picture itself doesn’t change.

GIF is also the more widely supported of the two: it opens everywhere, while WEBP is opens in current browsers and apps.

WEBP is a web image format that can be lossy or lossless, with transparency and animation; GIF is a 256-color image format best known for short looping animations. Use GIF for a few seconds of silent animation that has to play inline everywhere, including in email clients that block video.

WEBP and GIF compared
Property WEBP GIF
Compression Lossy or lossless Lossless
Transparency Yes On/off only
Animation Yes Yes
Support Opens in current browsers and apps Opens everywhere
Best for Images on websites, where smaller files load faster Short, silent loops and reaction images
Introduced 2010 1987

How to convert WEBP to GIF

  1. 01

    Add your WEBP

    Drop your WEBP image onto the box, or click to choose it. It is read from your disk and stays there.

  2. 02

    Check the settings

    The output is already set to GIF. Change the quality if you want to; the defaults suit most files.

  3. 03

    Save the GIF

    Press convert and save the GIF. Several files come back together as a ZIP.

What changes when WEBP becomes GIF

Transparency becomes on or off

GIF pixels are either fully transparent or fully solid. Soft edges and shadows from the WEBP are rounded one way or the other, which can leave a thin fringe around cut-out shapes.

Animation comes through

If the WEBP is animated, every frame and its timing is copied into the GIF. Each frame is reduced to 256 colors, so smooth gradients can band.

Expect a much larger file

GIF is far bigger for the same content. Choose it because something needs GIF, not to send or store the file. WEBP: Typically 25–35% smaller than the same JPG. GIF: A five-second animation can easily pass 10 MB.

This page is put together from our notes on each format, choosing only what is true of WEBP and GIF, so every pairing states the same facts the same way. How these pages are made.

Why it doesn’t upload

Changing a picture’s format is work your browser already knows how to do. Sending your photos to a server first only adds waiting and risk, so nothing is sent.

How to check for yourself

Worth knowing

  • About the WEBP. Images saved from websites arrive as WEBP even when the page looked like it showed a JPG, and then a document editor or upload form refuses them.
  • About the GIF. A few seconds of video as GIF is often ten times the size of the same clip as MP4, because GIF compresses each frame as a separate picture.
  • DDS, PSD, EXR, XWD and JPEG 2000 are read by the FFmpeg engine, a one-time 31 MB download.

Questions

Will converting WEBP to GIF lose quality?

No. WEBP and GIF are both lossless, so every pixel is kept.

Will the GIF be smaller than the WEBP?

Expect a much larger file. GIF is far bigger for the same content. Choose it because something needs GIF, not to send or store the file. WEBP: Typically 25–35% smaller than the same JPG. GIF: A five-second animation can easily pass 10 MB.

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