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Compress GIF

Make an animated GIF smaller without changing how it plays. Processing stays on your device.

Files stay on your device

Drop a GIF to compress

Choose how hard to compress it. Frames, timing, and transparency are kept, and the result is always smaller.

Animated and still GIFs.

How to compress a GIF online

Open a GIF, choose how hard to compress it, and save a smaller GIF with the same frames and timing. Pixels that don’t change between frames are stored once, and fewer colors shrink it further. This GIF compressor runs in your browser, so the GIF is never uploaded.

  1. Step 1

    Choose your GIF
    Pick a GIF or drop it into the compressor above.
  2. Step 2

    Choose a level
    Light, Medium, or Strong, and a smaller width if you like.
  3. Step 3

    Download the GIF
    Compare the sizes and save the smaller GIF.

What to expect

Supported inputs
Animated and still GIFs.
What happens
Light keeps every color and stores unchanged pixels once. Medium and Strong use fewer colors and treat nearly identical colors as unchanged. Transparency, timing, and the loop setting are kept.
Limits
The result is always smaller than the original. If a level isn’t enough, fewer colors, fewer frames, and then a smaller size are used until it is.

Private by design

Your video stays on your device

Mastershot processes your file locally in this browser. It does not need to be uploaded to a server, and you do not need an account to use the tool.

  • No upload
  • No signup
  • No watermark

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