ScreenToGIF

Use ScreenToGIF for online GIF capture from any tab, window, or desktop region. Screen to GIF app with editor and MP4 & WebM export.

🧩 ScreenToGIF for Chrome is a lightweight screen to GIF recorder that turns any tab, window, or region into a shareable animated GIF, or an MP4/WebM clip, in seconds. Pick what to capture, frame it, and press record. Trim, crop, and change the speed in the built-in editor before you save. No installer, no account needed, no watermark. What you can do with it 1. Record a single Chrome tab, including animations, mouse-over effects, and scrolling. 2. Capture any open application window. 3. Select any region of the screen, then take a GIF of a notification, terminal, or design tool. 4. Pause mid-recording, get the next interaction ready, and resume on the same clip. 5. Preview your capture right inside the ScreenToGIF selection box before you save it. 6. Start screen to GIF capture on a countdown of up to 10 seconds, so you have time to get everything ready. How the capture flow works in our ScreenToGIF ➤ Click the toolbar icon to place a ScreenToGIF selection rectangle on the page. ➤ Set the frame rate: lower for a small file, higher for a smooth demo. ➤ Press record, perform the action, then stop the recording. ➤ Save the clip as it is, or polish it in the editor first. Polish the clip in the ScreenToGIF editor • Trim the start and end with frame accuracy. • Crop to any part of the frame. • Speed the clip up to 4x or slow it to a tenth. Why people pick ScreenToGIF ▸ Choose output resolution and bitrate at save time, with a live estimate of the file size. ▸ GIF recording, encoding, and export in ScreenToGIF all happen on your own computer. No data is sent anywhere. ▸ Export as GIF, MP4, or WebM, saved straight to your Chrome downloads folder with no upload step. ▸ Long recordings are fully supported: screen recording for up to 24 hours, written to disk as it goes. ▸ Keyboard shortcuts you can reassign for opening the screen to GIF app, recording, pausing, and stopping. 🌐 If you have been looking for a screen to gif solution that runs in the browser, you are in the right place. Set up ScreenToGIF online, and the same gif creator and GIF screen capture workflow is one click away on whatever machine you are using. 🐧 Linux users who went searching for a screentogif linux build will find this is the closest no-fuss equivalent that does not involve compiling anything. ChromeOS works too, since it is just Chrome. Who ScreenToGIF Chrome is for 🎯 Engineers who attach steps for reproducing a bug to a Jira ticket or a GitHub Issue, using a GIF screen recorder. 🎯 QA engineers who need a screen to gif recorder to show the bug instead of describing it. 🎯 Designers sharing micro-interactions and prototype flows in Figma comments — a frequent screen2gif use-case. 🎯 Educators recording GIFs as short how-to guides for students or social media. Limitations 1️⃣ A single recording runs up to 24 hours in the ScreenToGIF application. 2️⃣ Chrome blocks extensions from its own pages, so chrome:// pages and the Web Store cannot host the screen2gif extension. 3️⃣ ScreenToGIF records up to 30 frames per second. Privacy - ScreenToGIF does not collect any data about what you capture. - Your recording stays in Chrome's private storage on your own computer until you save it or delete it. FAQs ❓ Does ScreenToGIF work on Mac? 💬 Yes. Anyone who has wanted a screentogif macos experience gets the same flow inside Chrome: select a region, record it, then export. There is nothing to install beyond the extension. ❓ Does ScreenToGIF work on Windows? 💬 Yes. The screentogif windows experience is the same as any other Chrome extension, in the browser you already have open. ❓ Does ScreenToGIF work without a network connection? 💬 Yes. Capture and encoding are local — the whole screen2gif workflow runs in your browser. You only need a network if the recorded page needs one. ❓ Can I capture GIF of screen with system audio or my microphone? 💬 No, not in this version. ScreenToGIF records silent captures only, which is what most documentation and bug reports need. ❓ Is ScreenToGIF a screen recorder too? 💬 Yes. Beyond GIFs, ScreenToGIF works as an in-browser screen recorder: capture a tab, window, or region and export it as MP4 or WebM video. ❓ Can I edit a recording before saving it? 💬 Yes. Open the ScreenToGIF editor to trim the clip, crop the frame, or change its speed. Edits apply at export, so your original recording is never changed. ❓ Does ScreenToGIF have a dark mode? 💬 Yes. Choose a light, dark, or system theme in settings, and the interface follows your pick or your operating system automatically. 🚀 Install ScreenToGIF for Chrome and pin it to your toolbar. The next time someone asks you to reproduce a bug or show a quick demo, you can send a clean, looping clip in about a minute.