GIF to WebP Converter
Convert GIF to WebP online with transparency kept. Batch up to 15 files in your browser; output is a single still frame, not an animated WebP.
Drag & drop images here
or click to select up to 15 JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, BMP, or ICO files (max 5 MB each)
About GIF to WebP Converter
WebP is the natural modern successor to GIF for the web — it holds far more colour, supports proper alpha rather than GIF's on-or-off transparency, and produces much smaller files. This converter targets still images: it takes the visible frame of your GIF and re-encodes it as a single-frame WebP with the transparent areas intact.
Add up to 15 GIF files (5MB each) and click Convert; WebP is already the output. Everything runs locally in your browser. Download each result or grab the batch as a ZIP.
Be clear on what this does not do: the WebP format is capable of animation, but this tool outputs a still frame only. If you came here to shrink an animated GIF while keeping it moving, this is not the right tool. For a static GIF — an icon, a logo, a diagram from an old site — WebP is an excellent destination, typically a fraction of the original size with transparency preserved. If you need a lossless result instead, PNG keeps every pixel of the source palette exactly.
Need another format? Open the full Image Converter, or try the Image Resizer and Image to Base64 tools.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does converting GIF to WebP keep the animation?
No — this tool converts only the single visible frame. WebP can technically support animation, but this converter's GIF handling always outputs (and reads) a static image.
Why bother converting a static GIF to WebP?
WebP replaces GIF's 256-color indexed palette with full 24-bit color plus proper alpha transparency, usually at a smaller file size — useful for modernizing old graphics or memes into a sharper still image.
Will colors look different after converting?
They can look better — GIF's limited palette sometimes causes visible color banding that disappears once the image is stored in WebP's full color space.
Are my images uploaded to a server?
No. Conversion runs locally in your browser.