Compress GIF files and keep them moving. Free, private compression right in your browser.
Drop GIFs here or choose files
Paste an HTTPS image URL
Use the REST API from scripts, or MCP when an AI client should start GIF compression jobs.
API and MCP jobs run in the cloud. The browser tool above keeps local GIF files on your device.
Start with 500 free API credits per calendar month. Verified Gmail sign-in and a security check are required; no card needed.
Compare the original and compressed animations below. Check small text, moving edges and gradients before choosing settings for your own GIF.
Flat colors and repeated backgrounds. Compare text and edges in both files.
Original
5,938 bytes
Download original GIF
Compressed
4,666 bytes
Download compressed GIFOriginal dimensions and frame timing retained.
Many shades and a moving highlight. Look for banding or speckling after compression.
Original
393,536 bytes
Download original GIF
Compressed
377,182 bytes
Download compressed GIFOriginal dimensions and frame timing retained.
These demo GIFs were created by us, compressed with this browser tool, and measured from the downloadable files. Both samples use structure optimization without lossy compression; stronger settings may change colors or fine detail.
Guide
GIF is an old animation format that stores motion as many indexed-color frames. A short screen recording can still contain hundreds of frames, repeated backgrounds, and palettes larger than the motion needs. Large dimensions, many frames and changing backgrounds all add data. Gifsicle reduces that data by optimizing unchanged areas, limiting the palette or allowing some color differences. The best setting depends on the animation: small text needs a different tradeoff from a video clip.
Start with Quality first for most GIFs. Default settings keep the original dimensions, frame timing and looping. Check small text, edges and gradients in the preview before trying stronger compression. Use Size first when a smaller file matters more than fine detail. It tries stronger palette and lossy settings. Choose Target size when you have a specific upload limit; this mode searches for a result below that limit but cannot promise it will fit.
Lossy GIF compression can reduce file size by allowing color and detail changes. It often helps on textured, shadowed, or gradient-heavy animations. Push it too far and you may see speckling, banding, or blurred edges. Start with Quality first, preview the result, and switch to Size first only when the file still misses your limit.
Screen recordings, logos, and interface animations often use far fewer than 256 useful colors. Reducing the palette to 128 or 64 colors can shrink them without changing the perceived design. Fewer colors can introduce banding in gradients or change subtle shades. Check text, brand colors and transparent edges at the size where the GIF will be viewed. If they look worse, keep more colors or return to the original.
CompressGIF keeps all animation frames, frame timing and looping. Dimensions stay unchanged unless you choose to resize. Gifsicle can store only the pixels that change between frames. Static backgrounds and pauses may therefore need less data without speeding up playback. An already optimized animation may have little redundancy left to remove.
Select a free 100KB, 256KB, 512KB or 1MB preset before processing. Pro lets you enter another size in KB or MB for a specific upload limit. These are decimal units: 1MB means 1,000,000 bytes, not 1,048,576 bytes. Target size aims to fit your GIF within the chosen limit. If it cannot reach the target, you can download the smallest result the tool found, with a clear Target not met message. If compression does not make the GIF smaller, the original is kept.
Drop up to 3 files on Free or 50 on Pro. Your browser processes them one at a time. You can cancel a file or retry it if it fails, without losing completed results. With Pro, download the completed files together as a ZIP, even if some files could not be compressed. Each batch can contain up to 200MB in total, with a limit of 10MB per file on Free and 50MB on Pro.
For Discord and other chat apps, check the limit displayed for your account before choosing a target. Attachment limits can differ by account and change over time. For email, a smaller animation reduces download time, but compression cannot make every mail client play it. For a website, consider the displayed dimensions as well as file size. A wide source may be unnecessary in a narrow content column. Keep the default dimensions when detail matters; after a missed target, use the resize-and-retry option only if a smaller displayed GIF suits the page.
Keep the original until you have checked the downloaded result. Compare animation timing, transparent edges, legibility and the first and last frames. A smaller byte count is only useful when the animation still communicates what you need. If compression saves little, the input may already be optimized. When the chosen settings do not produce a smaller valid file, the original is kept. A missed target is shown explicitly; try a less demanding target, or use resize-and-retry only when a smaller displayed GIF suits the animation.
Compress a few GIFs free. Choose Pro for larger browser batches and custom target sizes, or Developer for more API credits and larger cloud files.
For occasional batches and short projects.
$9.99/month
About $4.08/month.
$49/year
For a few GIFs at a time.
$0
Includes Pro and 5,000 credits each month: up to 5,000 GIFs of 5 MB or less in quality or size mode, or 2,500 in target-size mode. Unused credits do not roll over.
500 credits per calendar month (UTC), no card required. Sign in with Google using a verified @gmail.com address and complete the security check to activate access. If the shared monthly capacity is used up, new free API jobs pause until the next month.
Get a free API key| Input size | Quality / size mode | Target mode | Available on |
|---|---|---|---|
| ≤5MB | 1 credit | 2 credits | Free API / Developer |
| >5MB, ≤20MB | 2 credits | 4 credits | Developer |
Pro and Developer include browser-based video-to-GIF and GIF-to-MP4 conversion. Pro adds browser features; it does not add cloud credits. Developer includes Pro plus its own 5,000-credit monthly allowance. The free 500-credit allowance is not added on top.
Choose the 1MB or 100KB preset, then compress. Pro lets you enter a custom size in KB or MB. If the file is still too large, you can download the smallest valid result or try different settings. Check the preview for changes in quality.
Yes. The browser tool processes GIFs on your device after the page loads. REST API and MCP jobs are cloud processing paths: they upload a file or fetch a public HTTPS GIF URL.
Compression may change colors or fine detail. With default settings, Quality first starts with milder compression; Size first and Target size may use stronger compression or fewer colors. Compare the preview and applied settings before downloading.
Yes. Free handles 3 files per browser batch. Pro handles 50 files per batch, allows ZIP download, and keeps partial successes when one file fails.
The browser tool accepts 10MB per file on Free and 50MB per file on Pro, with a 200MB total batch limit. Cloud API Free accepts 5MB inputs and Developer accepts 20MB inputs.
Yes. Check the upload limit shown in your Discord account, then choose a matching preset or enter a custom target with Pro. Preview the result before uploading it to Discord.
Use a direct HTTPS link to a GIF, not a page containing an image. Some hosts block browser requests from other websites. Download the GIF yourself and select the local file instead.
An already optimized GIF may not have a smaller usable result with the chosen settings. In that case, the original is kept. You can try stronger compression or fewer colors, and after a missed target you can use resize-and-retry if a smaller displayed GIF is acceptable.
