BMP to GIF Converter

Drop your BMP files here

or click to choose BMP files · up to 95MB each

How to convert BMP to GIF

Choose your files. Click Select File or drag your BMP files into the upload box. You can add many at once.
Pick the settings. GIF is already selected as the output format. Adjust Quality and Max dimension if you want smaller files.
Download. Each file appears in the list when it is ready. Download them one by one, or all together with Download all.

BMP – Bitmap

BMP is a simple image format from Windows that usually stores pixels with little or no compression, so files are large compared with JPG, PNG or WebP. It is rarely used on the web, and converting a BMP is the easiest way to make it small enough to share.

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GIF – Graphics Interchange Format

GIF dates from 1987 and is best known for short looping animations. Each frame is limited to 256 colours and transparency is on or off only, so photographs often look banded. It is still handy for simple graphics and animations that need to work everywhere.

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BMP vs GIF

Feature	BMP	GIF
Full name	Bitmap	Graphics Interchange Format
Compression	Usually uncompressed	Lossless, 256 colours
Transparency	No	Yes
Animation	No	Yes
Introduced	1990	1987
Developed by	Microsoft	CompuServe
Best for	Legacy Windows software	Short animations and simple graphics

Converting BMP to GIF

GIF files are usually smaller than BMP files at similar visual quality, so converting BMP to GIF typically saves storage and speeds up page loads.
GIF is limited to 256 colours per frame, so smooth gradients and photographs can look banded.
BMP files are often uncompressed, so the converted file is frequently dramatically smaller.

Frequently asked questions

How do I convert BMP to GIF?

Click Select File or drop your BMP file onto the upload box. Pick the quality and maximum size, and the converted GIF appears in the list below with a download button. You can add many files at once and download them together as a ZIP.

Is it really free?

Yes. There is no sign-up and no watermark. To keep the service available for everyone there is a 95MB limit per file and a cap on how many files one connection can process in a short period.

Are my files stored?

Your upload is used only to make the converted file. Images are processed in memory; other files are written to a private temporary folder that is deleted as soon as the conversion finishes. Nothing is kept after the result has been sent back.

Will quality drop?

For images, a little, by design: the image is re-encoded at the Quality you choose (default 75%). Audio and video are re-encoded with high-quality settings; documents keep their text and layout as far as the target format allows. Converting never restores detail that is already missing from the original.

How this works: your file is uploaded over HTTPS and converted on this server with open-source engines (libvips for images, FFmpeg for audio and video, LibreOffice and Pandoc for documents, Calibre for ebooks, Ghostscript and Inkscape for PDF and vector files). Images are processed in memory; other files use a private temporary folder that is deleted as soon as the conversion finishes.