Simple Voice Changer
Voice changer and soundboard for Discord, games and streams: neural voices on your CPU, your own RVC character models, or classic effects. It has its own site now, simplevoicechanger.io.
SIMPLE GIF MAKER — MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI TO GIF & ANIMATED WEBP
Simple GIF Maker: video to GIF or animated WebP that fits a size limit, offline
Turn a clip into a GIF or animated WebP that fits Discord, GitHub or any byte budget on the first try, offline on Windows and Linux. The preview is the real encode.
Windows + SteamOS/Linux · one-time purchase · no account
Windows 10/11 · SteamOS (Desktop Mode) · Linux (x64, self-contained)
Screenshots and trailer
What it does
Works backwards from a size limit
- Type a maximum file size and the app encodes and measures real files until one fits under it.
- It then tells you exactly what it traded. From one of our test runs on the app’s own command line:
960 -> 588px wide, 24 -> 16 fps, 256 -> 128 colors -> 17.6 MB (target 20.0 MB). For WebP it trades quality instead of colours. - Lock what matters: Keep resolution, Keep fps or Keep colors, and it works around them.
- If the target can’t be reached even at the lowest settings, it says so and suggests trimming.
- Targets run from 0.1 MB (small enough for a 256 KB Discord emoji) to 5,000 MB. Platform limits change, so this site’s GIF size limits page quotes the current numbers with the date they were checked; type the current limit as a custom target.
The preview is the real GIF
The preview is an actual GIF encode with the same palette, dithering and loop as the export, so the size you see is the size you get. There’s a side-by-side view against the source and a 100% zoom toggle. Long selections get a partial preview. (WebP previews aren’t byte-exact.)
Input
- Containers: MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI, WMV, M4V, MPG, MPEG, and GIF, so you can shrink an existing GIF.
- Codecs: H.264, HEVC, AV1, VP8, VP9, ProRes, MJPEG, FFV1, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV and raw video.
- 4K, anamorphic, rotated, variable-frame-rate and single-frame sources are handled.
Editing
- Trim on a thumbnail timeline with in and out points.
- Crop with eight handles, free or 1:1, 16:9 and 4:3.
- Resize with presets or typed values from 16 to 7,680 px.
- Speed 0.25–4×, reverse, rotate, flip.
- Frame rates 8–50 fps. Loop forever, once, or a set number of times.
- Keyboard shortcuts for all of it.
Palette and dithering
Two-pass palette generation: the first pass studies the whole clip and builds a palette that fits it, the second encodes with that palette. Palette per scene (the default), one palette for the whole clip, or one per frame. Dithering: Sierra (default), Floyd–Steinberg, Bayer with a scale setting, or none. 2 to 256 colours. Defaults: 15 fps, Sierra, auto palette, 256 colours.
After export
Drag the finished file straight into Discord, Slack or a file manager, copy it to the clipboard as a file, show it in its folder, or copy its path. Exports are written as a .sgm-partial file and renamed into place when complete, so a cancelled export never leaves a half-written GIF. The app also has a command-line export mode, which is how the size-target runs quoted in this site’s guides were produced.
Offline and yours
The app makes no network connections: no telemetry, no analytics, no crash reporting, no account, no online activation, and no watermark. Temporary encodes are cleared after 24 hours. It runs without Steam once installed and never asks for a review.
Requirements and platform notes
- Windows 10 or 11, any modern x86-64 CPU, about 300 MB of disk.
- SteamOS and Linux: a native, self-contained build with no .NET or codec prerequisites. Desktop Mode, with a pointer and keyboard. Dragging a result into another app isn’t guaranteed under Wayland; use Copy file or Show in folder instead. On X11, a copied file only survives closing the app if you run a clipboard manager.
- No GPU decoding, no macOS version, no controller-driven interface. The app is dark-themed only.
- Encoding speed depends on the clip and your CPU. In our runs on an 8-core desktop (Linux build, 16 Sep 2026), fitting a 10-second 1080p clip under 20 MB took 62 seconds, and under 10 MB 43 seconds, because the app measures several real encodes. The Windows and Linux builds ship different FFmpeg binaries, so output isn’t guaranteed byte-identical between them.
Questions people ask before buying
Does it record my screen or gameplay?
No. Record the clip first (OBS, Steam’s recorder, Game Bar, the Snipping Tool and so on), then drop the video file in.
Will my GIF fit under Discord's upload limit?
Type Discord’s current limit as a custom size target (the app’s preset list was written before Discord raised its free limit, so use the numbers on our dated Discord GIF size limit page). The app searches for the best-looking file under the target, measures the real result and shows what it changed. If the clip can’t fit even at the lowest settings, it says so and suggests trimming.
Can I convert several videos at once, or add text?
Not in 1.0. It’s one file at a time, with no captions or overlays.
Does the GIF keep sound?
No. Neither GIF nor animated WebP can carry audio.
Does it work on SteamOS and the Steam Deck?
Yes, it’s a native Linux build. It’s a desktop app that needs a pointer and keyboard, so use Desktop Mode. Dragging a file into other apps may not work under Wayland; use Copy file or Show in folder instead. It has no Steam Deck compatibility rating.
Do I need to install anything else?
No. The app bundles its own encoder, which is most of the 300 MB download. Nothing else to install on Windows or Linux.
Guides for Simple GIF Maker
- An ezgif alternative that runs offline: no upload cap, no length cap, and a size target
ezgif's limits from its own page: 200 MB uploads, 60 seconds at 5 fps or 30 seconds at 10 fps, the first five seconds by default, and files kept on its server for an hour. What an offline desktop GIF maker does instead, on Windows and Linux, with a size target that fits a limit on the first try.
- Discord GIF size limit: 20 MB free, 50 MB Nitro Basic, 500 MB Nitro, and 256 KB for emoji
Discord's current upload limits, read from Discord's own help pages on the date shown: 20 MB for free accounts since August 2026, 50 MB with Nitro Basic, 500 MB with Nitro, and under 256 KB for custom emoji. Plus how to make a GIF that fits first time with Simple GIF Maker.
- GIF size limits for Discord, GitHub, Steam and Slack, checked against the official pages
The current GIF and file upload limits for Discord, GitHub, Steam store pages and Slack, each with a link to the official page and the date it was checked, plus how Simple GIF Maker hits any of them on the first try.
- GIF vs animated WebP: measured sizes, and where each one actually plays
The same clip encoded as a GIF and as an animated WebP with Simple GIF Maker's pipeline, with real file sizes, plus a compatibility table for browsers, Discord and GitHub with sources and dates. When WebP wins, when GIF is still the safe choice, and how the app exports both.
- GIFs for a GitHub README: the 10 MB limit, and how to keep UI captures crisp
GitHub allows 10 MB for images and GIFs attached to issues, pull requests and comments. How to add a demo GIF to a README, why README GIFs look soft, which width, frame rate and colour settings keep app UI crisp, and a measured 10 MB fit with Simple GIF Maker.
- GIFs for your Steam store page: the 5 MB and 15 MB rules, and a budget that fits
Steam's description guidelines ask for every image under 5 MB and all screenshots and GIFs together under 15 MB. How to split that budget across several GIFs, which width and frame rate to use, and a measured 5 MB fit with Simple GIF Maker. Written by a label that ships on Steam.
- How to make a GIF smaller: what each setting costs, measured on one clip
Why GIFs are so big, and what shrinking one actually costs: width, frame rate, colours, dithering and length measured on the same clip with real file sizes and crops. Then the one-step way with Simple GIF Maker's size target, including shrinking a GIF you already have.
- Video to GIF on Linux and SteamOS: a native app with a size target, in Desktop Mode too
Convert MP4, MKV or WebM to GIF on Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Mint or SteamOS with Simple GIF Maker: a native, self-contained Linux build with a real preview and a file-size target, installed from Steam. Tested on this site's Linux build machine, with screenshots.
- Why some GIFs look good and others don't: palettes and dithering, measured
What separates a clean GIF from a blotchy one: a palette built from the clip itself, and the right dithering for the footage. Measured on one clip with real file sizes and enlarged crops, and how Simple GIF Maker makes those choices for you with a preview that is the real encode.
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Windows + SteamOS/Linux · one-time purchase · no account. Price and any current discount are shown on Steam.