GIF · MP4 · WEBP

Let your agent
make the GIF.

Ask Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client for a GIF or MP4. It picks the moment. gifgif fits it under the limit, keeps it sharp, and hands back a link to paste anywhere.

Add gifgif to your agent

Claude, ChatGPT & appsClaude CodeCursorOther MCPTerminal

Paste as a custom connector

https://gifgif.dev/mcp

In a terminal

claude mcp add gifgif -- npx -y gifgif mcp

In ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gifgif": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "gifgif", "mcp"]
    }
  }
}

In your client's MCP settings

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gifgif": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "gifgif", "mcp"]
    }
  }
}

No agent: the CLI, Node 24 or newer

npm install -g gifgif
gifgif optimize clip.mp4 --max 3mb --share

In Claude: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector. In ChatGPT: Settings → Apps → Create. Paste this URL, then sign in with your email.

Then run npx gifgif login once so your links last 90 days.

No agent handy? Try it in your browser

You ask
Make a smooth, square GIF of the brightest part of aurora.webm. Keep it under 3 MB and give me a link.
Your agent looks
gif_framesaurora.webm · 16 frames
It peaks at 12–22 s; the station's arm cuts in on the right. I'll keep 14–20 s and crop the middle.

gifgif fits it

gif_optimizetrim 14-20 · crop 1080x1080+480+0 · fps 15 · max 3mb · share

aurora.gif: 2.15 MB ✓ fits 3 MB
432×432 · 15 fps · 6.0 s · dssim 0.0042
link: https://gifgif.dev/g/…

THE LINK

Paste it anywhere.

The link your agent hands back is a share page, and its Markdown embeds the file itself.

**In a chat**Discord, iMessage and Telegram play it in the preview; Slack shows a card.

**On its page**Whoever opens it gets the file, the limit it fits, and a download.

**In a README**The Markdown shows the file inline in a README, a pull request, Linear or Jira.

Open this link's page

SAME SIZE, SHARPER

Make it fit. Keep it sharp.

Green and red aurora glowing over the curve of the Earth at night, filmed from the International Space Station

The aurora from that chat, under 3 MB

Its difference from the source is 0.0042.

3 MB limit

Plain GIF

32.4 MB

gifgif

2.15 MB ✓

Footage: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center.

Same 4.5 MB, side by side

ffmpeg and gifsicle cut this 30-second recording to 40 colours to fit. 2× zoom:

Detail of the source frame: a folded purple towel and a pocket watch on a wooden table — **Source**the recording

The same detail from ffmpeg and gifsicle: the towel posterized into flat patches, black outlines around the watch and towel, green specks on the dial — **ffmpeg + gifsicle**4.45 MB · difference *0.068*

The same detail from gifgif, matching the source — **gifgif**4.50 MB · difference *0.0097*

Difference is DSSIM against the source; under 0.01 is hard to see. Same size, about seven times closer. Full benchmark.

ASK IN PLAIN WORDS

Say what you want. Get a link.

“Turn the last 8 seconds of demo.mov into a GIF for Slack (try it in the browser).”
The smallest GIF under 3 MB, with a link that previews in Slack.
“Blur the email address in signup.mp4 and make it small enough to email (try it in the browser).”
Your agent finds it; gifgif blurs it and fits under 1 MB.
“Make an MP4 of the intro, with sound, for our web page (try it in the browser).”
Keeps the sound and fits under 5 MB, with an embed snippet.

Everything it can do Docs

Free. Links last 24 hours. Sign in and they last 90 days.

Pro, $8 a month: share pages without gifgif branding, share-page view counts, links that never expire. See pricing.