AVIF to GIF converter.

GIF is thirty-five years old and still the only format some places accept: old email clients, forums, legacy CMSs and a few chat and social uploaders. When the destination takes nothing else, a well-quantized GIF is the answer.

A GIF holds 256 colors at most, while an AVIF can hold millions. The tool picks the palette that covers your image best (median cut), and dithering scatters the remaining error so gradients don't band. Flat graphics convert almost perfectly; photos show some grain.

Dithering spreads each pixel's rounding error to its neighbours (Floyd–Steinberg), so a gradient becomes a fine pattern instead of visible steps. Turn it off for logos and flat graphics, where you want clean edges and smaller files.

GIF transparency is on or off per pixel. Pixels under half opaque become transparent and the rest opaque, so a cut-out keeps its shape but soft edges turn hard. Put the image on its final background first if you need smooth edges.

No. The tool writes one still frame from the first frame of the AVIF. Animated output needs a tool that reads every frame.

Drop the AVIF, pick the number of colors and whether to dither, and download. Fewer colors mean smaller files: 32 to 64 is often enough for icons and logos; photos want all 256.

The GIF writer is the site's own, written in plain JavaScript: a 15-bit histogram, median-cut quantization, Floyd–Steinberg dithering and LZW compression. A 12-megapixel photo takes a second or two.

Every current browser decodes AVIF: Chrome and Edge since 2020, Firefox since version 93 and Safari since 16.4 (2023). If a file won't open here, it is probably an animated or very large AVIF on an older browser; try a current one.

No. The file is decoded by your browser and every pixel is handled by JavaScript on your device. The page makes no request with your image, and you can load it, go offline and keep working.

No. The AVIF to GIF converter is free and opens without a sign-in, an account or an install.

Nothing. The AVIF to GIF converter holds your input in the page's memory, so closing or reloading the tab clears it, and it saves nothing in this browser.

Up to 100 MB per file, the limit the tool states under its drop area. A larger file is refused with a plain message instead of being decoded.

No, it takes one file at a time. If you drop or choose several, only the first is used; run the tool again for the next one.

No. It writes one still frame: a GIF with a palette of up to 256 colors, optionally dithered. Animation in the source is not kept.

No. The browser decodes the image and the tool writes a new file from its pixels, so camera EXIF, GPS position and text chunks in the original are not copied into the result. Keep the original file if you need them.

Closest to the AVIF to GIF converter: AVIF to PNG converter, AVIF to JPG converter, AVIF to WebP converter, PNG to GIF converter. Each opens on its own page, free and in the browser.

The AVIF to GIF converter is one of 37 in its group. The group's page, /tools/avif, lists them all.

The tool is free. Its interface is built from shadcn.io's own components (Button, Input, Slider and the rest of the registry under /ui), which come in React, Vue, Svelte and Solid. Pro adds the blocks and templates for the product around it.