About Video → GIF
Video → GIF — free, private, browser-based video tool
Turn a few seconds of any video into an animated GIF. Choose the start and end, frame rate and width, and download — the video stays on your device.
Why use Video → GIF
- ·Files stay on your device — nothing is uploaded
- ·No signup needed
- ·Works in any modern browser, on any OS
- ·Free daily use; Pro removes limits and watermarks
How to use it
- 1Drop a video (MP4, MOV, WebM…).
- 2Set the start and end of the part you want.
- 3Pick the frame rate (10, 15, 20 or 24 fps) and width (320, 480, 640 or 800 px).
- 4Press Build & Download GIF.
Keeping GIFs small
GIF stores up to 256 colours per frame and compresses poorly, so size grows quickly with length, width and frame rate. For chat and READMEs, 480 px at 10–15 fps for a few seconds is a good target. If the destination accepts video, an MP4 is far smaller and keeps full colour.
How it works
Hybrid renderer: WebGL2 for color grading and effects, WebCodecs for decode/encode, ffmpeg.wasm for muxing and exotic codecs. Multi-threaded via SharedArrayBuffer where COOP/COEP is available. The processing code runs inside the page, so your file is not uploaded to a server — you can confirm this in your browser's DevTools → Network tab.