Compress GIF
Shrink an animation, with four ways to trade quality for size.
GIFRuns on your device. Nothing is uploaded.
How it works
Add a GIF
Drop one or more GIFs here.
Choose your trade-offs
Start with colours, then drop frames if you need more.
Compress
Press Compress. Each row shows what changed.
Compare
Open the before and after players to check it.
Download
Save each file, or take them all as a ZIP.
Questions
Scaling down, usually. A 50% scale has a quarter of the pixels. Dropping frames comes next, then colours.
No. Delays are merged, so it lasts just as long. Motion is just a little less smooth.
Our result wasn't smaller, so you get your original back. Try more aggressive settings.
Often, yes. If your platform allows it, animated WebP or a short video can be far smaller than a GIF.
No. Compression happens in your browser, so nothing is sent to a server.
