Gifsicle AlternativesAnimated GIF Creators and other similar apps like Gifsicle

Gifsicle is described as 'Manipulates GIF image files. Depending on command line options, it can merge several GIFs into a GIF animation; explode an animation into its component frames; change individual frames in an animation; turn interlacing on and off; add transparency; add delays' and is a animated gif creator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Gifsicle for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and BSD apps. The best Gifsicle alternative is ImageMagick, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Gifsicle are ImageOptim, OptiImage, GraphicsGale and Gifski.

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  1. ImageMagick icon

    ImageMagick

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    ImageMagick is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a variety of formats (about 100) including GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PNG, PDF, PhotoCD, TIFF, and DPX.

    81 ImageMagick alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Xfce
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    • ImageMagick is the most popular Windows, Mac, iPhone & Linux alternative to Gifsicle.

    • ImageMagick is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Gifsicle.

    • ImageMagick is Free and Open SourceGifsicle is also Free and Open Source
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    ImageOptim

     97 likes

    ImageOptim is excellent for publishing images on the web (easily shrinks images “Saved for Web” in Photoshop). It's useful for making Mac and iPhone/iPad applications smaller (if you configure Xcode to allow better optimization).

    109 ImageOptim alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • ImageOptim is the most popular SaaS alternative to Gifsicle.

    • ImageOptim is Free Personal and Open SourceGifsicle is Free and Open Source
    • ImageOptim is LightweightGifsicle is not according to our users
  4. OptiImage icon

    OptiImage

     11 likes

    Optimize PNG, JPEG, WebP, and SVG images efficiently with flexible lossless and lossy compression modes, metadata control, and safe mode to avoid data loss, using tools like oxipng, jpegoptim, scour, and cwebp, enhancing image storage and load efficiency.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  6. Gifski icon

    Gifski

     12 likes

    Convert video files into high-quality animated GIFs using advanced encoding, cross-frame palette optimization, and temporal dithering on macOS. Supports adjustable GIF settings, thousands of colors per frame, drag-and-drop imports, and efficient handling of resolutions.

    26 Gifski alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. ezgif.com icon

    ezgif.com

     40 likes

    Ezgif.com is simple online gif maker and toolset for basic animated gif editing. Here you can create, resize, crop, reverse, optimize, and apply some effects to gifs.

    61 ezgif.com alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    • ezgif.com is the most popular Web-based alternative to Gifsicle.

    • ezgif.com is Free and ProprietaryGifsicle is Free and Open Source
  9. ImageFlow icon

    ImageFlow

     2 likes

    Converts videos into high-quality animated GIF and WebP images using FFmpeg, supporting user-adjustable resolution, frame rate, interpolation, dithering, palette generation, and preview options, all within an accessible and intuitive interface.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  10. MAZANOKE icon

    MAZANOKE

     3 likes

    MAZANOKE is a simple image compressor and converter that runs entirely in your browser. No external uploads, works offline as a web app, and is powered by Browser Image Compression.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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    • MAZANOKE is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Gifsicle.

    • MAZANOKE is Free and Open SourceGifsicle is also Free and Open Source
    • MAZANOKE is Privacy focusedGifsicle is not according to our users
  12. LunaPic icon

    LunaPic

     15 likes

    LunaPic is an online photo editor that allows you to edit, crop, rotate and resize images, add effects to your photos, create slideshows, animation and collagesand convert video to gifs.

    176 LunaPic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
    • Dropbox
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  13. Gifski Encoder icon

    Gifski Encoder

     3 likes

    GIF encoder based on libimagequant (pngquant). Squeezes maximum possible quality from the awful GIF format.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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  14. QGifer icon

    QGifer

     15 likes

    QGifer is a tool for extracting part of a video to an animated GIF file.

    Features

    GIF extraction from a video file Color palette editor Variable color palette support Dithering Text rendering Graphics insertion Object interpolation Cropping .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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