GIF → WebP
Converting locally: nothing is uploaded
The same still, decades lighter: free, and finished on your machine.
Drop your GIFs in the drum
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The GIF → WebP cycle
The quiet migration path: pull a still from a legacy GIF and ship it as WebP. Same picture, modern weight, transparency handled.
WebP keeps transparency; GIF had none to give. Expect the folded copy noticeably lighter than the load. Either way, re-encoding through the canvas collects EXIF like lint: camera model, GPS coordinates and timestamps are stripped from the folded copy.
This works well for static GIFs sitting on a website. A single-frame WebP is usually a fraction of the weight of the same picture as a GIF, and the page loads faster for it.
If the GIF is a true animation, this route is not the right tool, because only the first frame is converted. For animations, keep the GIF or use a dedicated video or animated-image tool.
Need the other direction? WebP → GIF · Other routes into JPG → WebP, PNG → WebP, BMP → WebP.
Questions at the counter
Why convert GIF to WebP at all?
Weight and colour depth together: the WebP still typically lands far smaller than the source GIF, and escapes the 256-colour ceiling entirely if you re-source richer artwork.
First frame only?
Correct, and stated up front instead of discovered later. This is a stills machine; animated WebP output is deliberately out of scope.
Is transparency kept?
Hard-edged GIF transparency converts to true alpha. Soft edges the GIF dithered against white carry that white history with them. The wash cannot unmix paint.
Is the conversion really private?
Yes, architecturally. This page is static files; there is no server to receive an upload. Your GIF is decoded and re-encoded inside this tab by your own machine, and you can watch the absence of network traffic in your browser’s developer tools.
Before you convert
A converter can change the container. It cannot tell you whether that was the right call for this particular image. These cover the decision itself. They were written from building the encoders that run on this page, and are checkable against your own files.