Convert WebP to GIF — Animation Kept
Turn animated WebP stickers, reactions and memes into GIFs that play everywhere — frame timing and looping intact. Batch friendly, and nothing leaves your device.
Updated September 2026 · Free · Works entirely in your browser
Why WebP animations need converting at all
Sticker packs, reaction images and many website animations are now animated WebP files. They are far smaller than GIFs, but plenty of places still only accept GIF: older chat and forum software, email clients, some presentation and document tools, and a lot of upload forms. Save one of those WebP files and try to use it, and you get either a still image or an "unsupported file" error. Converting to GIF trades file size for compatibility — every app that shows images plays a GIF.
How this converter works
An animated WebP is a container of individual frames, each an ordinary compressed image with a position, a duration and two rules: whether it blends over the frame before it, and whether its area is cleared afterwards. This page reads that container directly, decodes each frame with your browser's own WebP decoder, rebuilds the full picture frame by frame following those rules, and writes the result as a GIF with a fresh 256-colour palette per frame. The loop count carries over, so a sticker that loops forever still loops forever.
Getting a smaller GIF
- Scale to 50%. A quarter of the pixels is roughly a quarter of the file, and most stickers are displayed small anyway.
- Use 128 or 64 colours for cartoons, text and flat graphics; keep 256 for anything photographic.
- Fill transparency when you know the background: GIF transparency is on/off only, so soft edges become a jagged fringe, while a filled background keeps them smooth.
WebP, GIF or MP4?
| Format | Best for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| WebP | Websites, modern apps — smallest file | Older software cannot open it |
| GIF | Anywhere that must "just work", transparency needed | Large files, 256 colours per frame |
| MP4 | Social posts, long or photographic clips | No transparency; needs a video player |
Going the other way? Turn a GIF into a small video with the GIF to MP4 converter. Need a still image instead? The WebP to JPG converter saves the first frame as a photo, and the WebP viewer opens a WebP without converting it.
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