Simon Willison’s Weblog

1st March 2026

Tool GIF Optimizer (gifsicle WASM) — Optimize animated GIF files using gifsicle compiled to WebAssembly, with all processing occurring directly in your browser without server uploads. The application offers preset optimization profiles ranging from lossless compression to aggressive lossy reduction, along with manual control over parameters like color palette size, scaling, and dithering methods.

Posted 1st March 2026 at 12:14 pm

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