BriskFile

Convert GIF to WEBP

Drop your GIF files below. They are converted on your own device and never sent anywhere.

Convert to WebP when you want a GIF-sourced still image to be as small as possible for a website, without the colour banding GIF imposes. It is converted by your own browser here, so the file is never uploaded.

Nothing is uploaded. Your files are read by this page and processed by your own processor. Open the Network tab and watch — you will not see them leave.

GIF and WebP, and why you would move between them

WebP is the format usually recommended as the modern replacement for GIF, and for good reason: it does everything GIF does, with far better compression and without the 256-colour limit. A still image that GIF stores in 200KB will often fit in 30KB as a WebP, looking better.

There is one important limitation to be clear about. WebP as a format supports animation, but BriskFile works on single images, so converting an animated GIF here produces a still of the first frame rather than an animated WebP. If you need to keep the animation, this is not the tool for that job.

Things that catch people out

  • Only the first frame is converted. WebP could hold the animation; BriskFile produces single images, so it does not.
  • Transparency is preserved, and improved. GIF transparency is a hard on-or-off mask with jagged edges, while WebP supports partial transparency — though it cannot smooth edges that were already jagged.
  • The 256-colour limit is a property of the source. WebP has no such limit, but converting cannot restore colours GIF never stored, so existing banding remains.
  • For old graphics and pixel art, use lossless WebP rather than lossy. Lossy compression smears the hard edges that this kind of image is made of.

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Questions

Is WebP better than GIF?

For essentially everything except universal compatibility with very old software, yes. Smaller files, full colour, and proper alpha transparency. GIF survives on momentum and on being accepted everywhere.

Why is my WebP so much smaller than the GIF?

Because GIF uses a compression scheme from the 1980s and stores a colour palette alongside the image. WebP uses modern compression designed for photographs and graphics alike. A ten-fold reduction on a still image is normal.

What BriskFile will not do to you

  • Your files never leave your device

    Every conversion runs in your browser. Open DevTools, watch the Network tab, and you will see no upload — because there is not one.

  • No account, no email, no watermark

    Nothing to sign up for and nothing stamped on your images. There is no step between choosing a file and getting it back.

  • No limits at the download button

    No daily cap, no file counter, no "upgrade to download". If the tool starts a job, it finishes it.

  • Checkable, not just claimed

    Open the Network tab and convert something — nothing goes out. Or load the page, disconnect, and watch it keep working: the tool is already on your machine, and your file never leaves it.