Convert GIF to WebP

Drop a GIF and get a static WebP back. We extract the first frame and re-encode it as WebP — ideal for replacing static GIFs and generating preview thumbnails of animated ones.

Drop your images here

JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, WebP, HEIC

Quality
Good balance — recommended for web
Q75
Compact Custom Quality

Static or animated WebP?

This converter produces static WebP: we read the first frame of the GIF and re-encode it. That covers the most common use case — converting decorative GIFs being used as still images, or generating a preview thumbnail of an animated GIF for use in a video-style player.

If you need to preserve the full animation in WebP format (animated WebP), specialised tools that handle the frame timing and palette per frame will give you better results than a general-purpose converter.

Why convert GIF to WebP at all?

The static frame of a typical GIF — even at the same colour quality — is 60–80% smaller as WebP because GIF is limited to a 256-colour palette plus inefficient LZW compression. WebP's lossy and lossless modes both produce dramatically smaller files for the same visual result.

How the converter works

  1. Drop or select one or more GIF files (up to 20 MB each).
  2. We read the first frame with libvips and re-encode it as WebP at quality 80.
  3. Download the WebP single image, or a ZIP for multiple files.

Frequently asked questions

No. This converter produces a static WebP with the first frame only. For animated WebP output you'll need a dedicated animation converter.

For typical GIFs the static frame is 60–80% smaller as WebP at the same visual quality, thanks to WebP's superior compression vs GIF's 256-colour LZW.

Then it converts exactly like any other still image — you get the full content as a much smaller WebP.

Yes, up to 25 conversions per day without an account. Sign up to raise the limits and batch up to 100 files at once.