Free JPG to GIF Converter

What is a JPG to GIF converter?

A JPG to GIF converter turns a JPG photo into a GIF file, for the apps, forums and tools that only take GIF.

A GIF holds up to 256 colors, and a photo has thousands. So the converter picks the best 256 and blends them with fine dots.

When to convert JPG to GIF

Only when an app asks for GIF. For a photo, a GIF is bigger and looks worse than the JPG you started with.

To keep the file small, set a max width in the settings. Half the width made my test GIFs a quarter to a fifth of the size.

Compared with CloudConvert

I converted the same JPGs here and with CloudConvert, at each one's default settings. Then I scored every result against its original:

This converter's GIFs scored 6.6 to 10.1 points higher, with files 11% to 16% bigger.

Both made files 2 to 5.5 times bigger than the JPGs. That's GIF itself, not the converter.

How I tested

I tested on September 30, 2026. The JPGs were a camera photo from my image converter tests, and the camera on a tripod from my background remover's examples.

The score is SSIMULACRA 2, a metric from Cloudinary that compares two pictures the way your eye does:

Who is the JPG to GIF converter for?

It's for anyone who needs a photo as a GIF:

• Image resizer – anyone making the photo smaller first
• JPG compressor – anyone who can keep the JPG, only smaller
• Image converter – anyone who needs another format
• Remove background – anyone cutting the subject out first

It works in your browser, and your photos never leave your computer.

More free image converters

Here are my other free image converters. Each one works in your browser, at full size:

• GIF to PNG – the first frame, every pixel kept
• GIF to JPG – a small JPG of the first frame
• PNG to GIF – graphics as GIFs that look the same
• PNG to JPG – photos up to 92% smaller
• Image converter – JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, HEIC and GIF

They score every file, and none upload your pictures.