Command-line tool

gifsicle

brew/gifsicle

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

GIF image/animation creator/editor

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install gifsicle

macOS

brew install gifsicle

Linux

brew install gifsicle

Optimize a GIF as a new file

gifsicle path/to/input.gif -O3 -o path/to/output.gif

Use batch mode (modify each given file in place) and unoptimize a GIF

gifsicle -b path/to/input.gif -U

Extract a frame from a GIF

gifsicle path/to/input.gif '#0' > path/to/first_frame.gif

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