WebP to GIF Converter
Convert WebP images to GIF, with every frame of an animated WebP kept.
WEBP files · up to 50 MB each · 100 MB with a free account
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Checking files and selected output formats.
Animated WebP to GIF: modern to legacy animation
Animated WebP uses VP8 inter-frame compression with 24-bit color and alpha transparency. GIF is limited to 256 colors per frame with 1-bit transparency. The conversion decodes each WebP frame, reduces the color palette using median-cut quantization, applies dithering to approximate the original colors, and encodes the frame sequence with LZW compression. The result is typically 2-5× larger with visibly reduced color fidelity.
Convert animated WebP to GIF only for platforms that don't support WebP animations, older forum software, legacy email clients, and some social platforms. The quality and file size are both worse, so keep WebP whenever possible.
WebP vs GIF: Side-by-side
Technical comparison of the two formats, useful for deciding which to use, or for confirming what changes during conversion.
| Property | WebP | GIF |
|---|---|---|
| Full name | WebP (Google) | Graphics Interchange Format |
| Year introduced | 2010 | 1987 |
| Developer / standard body | CompuServe | |
| MIME type | image/webp | image/gif |
| File extension | .webp | .gif |
| Compression | Lossy or lossless (VP8/VP8L) | Lossless (LZW) |
| Color / data depth | 24-bit + 8-bit alpha | 8-bit indexed (256 colors) |
| Max dimensions / size | 16,383 × 16,383 px | 65,535 × 65,535 px |
| Transparency | Yes | Yes |
| Animation | Yes | Yes |
| Standard / specification | RFC 9649 (lossless), RFC 6386 (VP8) | GIF89a (CompuServe) |
| Best for | Modern web, 25–35% smaller than JPG/PNG at equivalent quality | Short animations, simple graphics with limited colors |