WEBP to GIF Converter

Drop your WEBP files here

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

How to convert WEBP to GIF

Choose your files. Click Select File or drag your WEBP 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.

Why convert WEBP to GIF?

GIF is still the format that chat apps, forums, email newsletters and older content systems accept everywhere. Turning a WebP image into a GIF lets you post it in places that refuse WebP uploads.

When to keep the WEBP

Keep the WebP whenever the image goes on a website: it is much smaller than a GIF and shows millions of colours instead of 256.

Tips for the best result

Set Quality to 100 for the full 256-colour palette; lower values use fewer colours and make smaller files.
Use Resize to shrink large images, since GIF files grow quickly with size.
Simple graphics such as stickers, icons and logos look best as GIF; photos may show banding.

Common problems and fixes

My animated WebP became a still GIF.: Only the first frame of an animated WebP is converted. To share an animation as GIF, convert the original video with MP4 to GIF instead.
Colours look grainy or banded.: GIF can only store 256 colours. Raise Quality to 100, or use PNG if the picture does not need to be a GIF.

WEBP – WebP

WebP is an image format developed by Google. It supports lossy and lossless compression, transparency and animation, and at comparable visual quality its files are usually smaller than JPG or PNG. That is why it is popular for websites, and current versions of all major browsers can display it.

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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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WEBP vs GIF

Feature	WEBP	GIF
Full name	WebP	Graphics Interchange Format
Compression	Lossy and lossless	Lossless, 256 colours
Transparency	Yes	Yes
Animation	Yes	Yes
Introduced	2010	1987
Developed by	Google	CompuServe
Best for	Fast-loading website images	Short animations and simple graphics

Converting WebP to GIF

GIF files are often larger than WebP files. If size matters, lower the Quality slider or choose a smaller Max dimension.
GIF is limited to 256 colours per frame, so smooth gradients and photographs can look banded.
If the WebP file is animated, only its first frame is converted.

Frequently asked questions

Does WebP to GIF keep transparency?

Yes, but GIF transparency is on or off for each pixel, so soft, semi-transparent edges become hard edges.

Why is the GIF bigger than the WebP?

GIF uses much older compression than WebP. A bigger file is normal; use Resize to bring it down.

How do I convert WEBP to GIF?

Click Select File or drop your WebP 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.