under 10 mb

Drop a cap on that GIF. Under 10MB.

10 mb is the universal cap — GitHub README, Discord free, Jira, Teams, Reddit recommended. One tool, one cap, hits every embed.

gifcap producing a gif under 10 mb on Windows
10 mb · github · discord · jira · teams · windows desktop

gifcap. drop your clip in gifcap. set the cap to 10 mb (or 9.5 for safety). gifcap binary-searches quality until your output lands under. one workflow for every 10 mb embed.

axisonline compressorsgifcap
hits exact 10 mb cap on first tryslider-and-prayalways — binary search
quality at 10 mbdithered when overshootinggifski per-frame palettes
workflowupload-and-waitdrag-drop local
uses for 10 mb capvaries by toolgithub, discord, jira, teams
costfreefree tier; pro $29 lifetime
runs offline. no upload bar. same gifski engine as gifski.app. free tier covers 90% of use cases.

How gifcap solves this — in detail

10 MB is the universal GIF size target because four major platforms converged on it independently. GitHub's drag-drop image limit, Discord's free-plan attachment cap, Jira's default attachment cap, and Microsoft Teams' chat attachment cap all sit at 10 MB. Clearing 10 MB unlocks the four most common dev-team embedding surfaces with one encode.

At 10 MB, gifski has roughly 1 MB per second of 10 fps source — enough headroom for 1080p capture at watchable quality for short clips, or 720p for longer ones. The binary-search algorithm picks the right tradeoff based on source content: text-heavy UI gets resolution priority; high-motion footage gets fps priority.

The under-10-MB target is also where most editing decisions converge. Below 10 MB, GIF is clearly the right format. Above 10 MB, the math starts favoring MP4: animated WebP and MP4 both compress 60-70% smaller at the same visual quality. gifcap's roadmap addresses this with WebP and MP4 sidecar export — but for the next year, GIF under 10 MB is the durable workflow.

10 MB GIF — where this size threshold matters

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FAQ

why is 10 mb the universal gif limit?
it's a coincidence of platform caps converging — github's drag-drop image limit, discord's free-plan attachment cap, jira's default attachment cap, and ms teams's chat attachment cap all sit at 10 mb. clearing 10 mb covers most embedding scenarios.
how do i make a gif under 10 mb on windows?
drop your clip in gifcap, set the size cap to 10 mb (or 9.5 mb for safety margin), encode. gifcap binary-searches quality until the output lands under. typical first encode hits within 5% of the cap.
is 10 mb enough quality for a github readme gif?
yes — gifski at 10 mb routinely hits high quality for 15–30 second clips at 720p–1080p. github recommends under 8 mb for very fast load; if your gif is feature-rich, 10 mb is the realistic ceiling.
can i hit 10 mb without dithering?
depends on source complexity. text-heavy ui at modest resolution hits 10 mb cleanly. high-motion 1080p footage may dither at 10 mb — drop fps or resolution slightly. gifcap surfaces these tradeoffs in the encode preview.

last updated by alain · alain@gamutcreative.tv