Show HN: Gifup – GIF tools that run in the browser (ffmpeg.wasm)

Category: other

Tags: gif, ffmpeg-wasm, browser-tool, privacy, media-conversion

Score: 4.3/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 4, Documentation: 3, Utility: 5)

Gifup is a browser-based GIF creation and conversion tool that leverages ffmpeg.wasm to process videos locally, avoiding server uploads and queueing. It offers presets tailored to platform-specific limits (Discord, Slack, email) and optional hosted links for sharing results. The privacy-focused, no-queue approach is appealing, but the project is essentially a wrapper around existing WebAssembly tools with limited differentiation.

Target audience: content creators, social media users, developers needing quick GIF conversion

Repository: https://gifup.com/

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