Does it keep the animation?

No. Only the first frame of the GIF is converted, so an animated GIF turns into a single still WebP. Later frames are discarded.

Will the WebP be smaller than the GIF?

For most images, yes. WebP's compression handles photographic and flat-colour content more efficiently than GIF's 256-colour palette, so the output is typically smaller for the same frame.

What happens to transparency?

WebP supports alpha, so transparent areas in the GIF frame are preserved in the output.

Are my files uploaded anywhere?

No. Decoding and encoding both run in your browser. The GIFs never leave your device.

Can I convert several GIFs at once?

Yes. Drop a batch and each one is converted separately. Download them individually or as a single zip.

GIF to WEBP

Re-encodes the GIF's first frame as a WEBP still image.

What this does

This converter reads a GIF and re-encodes its pixels as a WebP image. The GIF is decoded in your browser, drawn to a canvas, and exported through the browser's built-in WebP encoder. Nothing is uploaded; the conversion happens on your own machine.

GIF stores frames in an indexed palette of up to 256 colours, while WebP uses a fuller colour model and a more modern compression scheme. For the same picture, the WebP file is usually smaller. This tool reads the first frame of the GIF only, so an animated GIF becomes a single still WebP rather than an animated one.

How it works

1Drop one or more GIF files, or pick them from disk.
2Each GIF is decoded and its first frame re-encoded to WebP.
3Download a single WebP, or grab the whole batch as a zip.

Built on web standards

Built with standard browser APIs — no third-party libraries.

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