Sample GIF File Download

GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) dates back to 1987 and is limited to a 256-color palette, which makes it a poor choice for photographs but keeps files small for flat-color graphics. Its defining feature is native support for simple frame-based animation, playable in any browser with zero extra code.

Despite newer formats like WebP and AVIF offering smaller animated files at higher quality, GIF remains the baseline everyone still compares against — it's what "animated image" means to most users, and support is truly universal across every browser, OS, and messaging app.

Use the sample below to test GIF decoding, animation frame handling, or confirm your image pipeline correctly falls back to GIF when WebP/AVIF aren't supported.