animated GIF

Writable

other

GIF image with animation

Identify it

Extensions	`.gif`
Wikidata	`Q11201061`

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Open it

FFmpegOpen sourcereads and writes · LGPL-2.1-or-later / GPL-2.0-or-later
AvogadroOpen sourcewrites · 3-clause BSD License
Bad PeggyOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
DendroscopeOpen sourcewrites · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
digiKamOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later
GD Graphics LibraryOpen sourcewrites · BSD licenses
GDALOpen sourcereads and writes · MIT License
GifskiOpen sourcewrites · GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.0 or later
GIMPOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
ImageMagickOpen sourcereads and writes · ImageMagick License
Integrated Genome BrowserOpen sourcewrites · Common Public License
LibreOffice DrawOpen sourcereads and writes · Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
PhpThumbOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License
PiskelOpen sourcereads and writes · Apache Software License 2.0
PLplotOpen sourcewrites · GNU Library General Public License, version 2.0 or later
Q108353872Open sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Q109684117Open sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
Q138052002Open sourcereads and writes · MIT License
Q141647655Open sourcereads and writes · Apache Software License 2.0 / MIT License
Q141647665Open sourcewrites · Apache Software License 2.0 / MIT License
SynfigOpen sourcewrites · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
Tux PaintOpen sourcewrites · GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later
XfigOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License / MIT License
AbydosOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License
AndroidOpen sourcereads · Apache Software License 2.0 / GNU General Public License, version 2.0
CinePaintOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
cjxlOpen sourcereads · 3-clause BSD License
Classic ColorsOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
ConverseenOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
CropToolOpen sourcereads · MIT License
DevILOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1
ExifToolOpen sourcereads · Artistic License / GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later
F-SpotOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License / MIT License
GQViewOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
GyazoOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
imageioOpen sourcereads · 2-clause BSD License
JHOVEOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License
KolourPaintOpen sourcereads · BSD licenses
KPaintOpen sourcereads · BSD licenses
KuickShowOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0

And 203 more in the JSON record.

Convert it

To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
Portable Network Graphics	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.gif out.png` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
Tagged Image File Format	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.gif out.tif` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) 1.2.1	FFmpeg	Partial	`ffmpeg -i in.gif out.flac` Audio track only: the video is dropped.
Waveform Audio	FFmpeg	Partial	`ffmpeg -i in.gif out.wav` Audio track only: the video is dropped.
JPEG File Interchange Format 1.02	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.gif out.jpg` Lossy compression.
Matroska 1-4	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.gif out.mkv` Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.
MPEG 1/2 Audio Layer 3	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.gif out.mp3` Lossy re-encoding.
MPEG-4 Part 14	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.gif out.mp4` Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.
Ogg	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.gif out.ogg` Lossy re-encoding.
WebM	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.gif out.webm` Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.
WebP	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.gif out.webp` Lossy compression.

Documentation

kaitai grammar: https://github.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_formats/blob/master/image/gif.ksy — from the family

Sources

Wikidata Q11201061

From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.

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