Compress GIF to 8 MB
Ceiling pre-set to 8 MB. Drop the GIF, get one that fits. Never uploaded.
Drop GIFs here or click to browse
The converter downloads once (about 32 MB), then works offline. Your videos stay on your device.
Why 8 MB?
The classic free-tier upload ceiling that many forums and chat servers still enforce. Video-derived GIFs blow past it fast; a palette rebuild pulls them back under.
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Frequently asked questions
What shrinks a multi-megabyte GIF the most?
Color reduction. GIFs converted from video carry thousands of implied colors; rebuilding an optimal 64–128 color palette often halves the file before any other lever is touched.
Would MP4 be smaller than an 8 MB GIF?
Almost always 5–20× smaller. If the destination accepts video, our GIF to MP4 converter is the better tool; this page is for places that demand a real .gif.
Is my GIF uploaded to compress it?
No. The re-encode runs in your browser through WebAssembly FFmpeg with a regenerated optimal palette. Nothing is sent anywhere.
How does the tool get under 8 MB?
It walks a quality ladder — fewer palette colors first, then a lower frame rate, then smaller dimensions — and stops at the first step that fits under 8 MB. Files already under the limit come back untouched.