The latest articles on DEV Community by Peter Hootman (@peter_hootman_0f5e7b61ca7). https://dev.to/peter_hootman_0f5e7b61ca7 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4057118%2F7f9f3f64-0c79-4aac-bbcd-f61aa6067214.png https://dev.to/peter_hootman_0f5e7b61ca7 en Peter Hootman Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:13:22 +0000 https://dev.to/peter_hootman_0f5e7b61ca7/what-the-gif-the-gif-editor-where-your-footage-never-leaves-your-browser-46a6 https://dev.to/peter_hootman_0f5e7b61ca7/what-the-gif-the-gif-editor-where-your-footage-never-leaves-your-browser-46a6 <p>What The GIF is a free, in-browser GIF and video editor that never uploads your file. Drop in a video, a photo, or an existing GIF and turn it into a clean GIF, MP4, or APNG, with frame-accurate trimming, a multi-clip timeline, captions, filters, and more. </p> <p>The entire conversion runs inside your browser tab, so nothing is ever sent to a server, and the site's security policy enforces that. It does what ezgif does, but private: no signup, no account, no watermark, no install. No need to worry about sketchy downloads, IT or security. Made for creatives who present for a living.</p> <p>Nothing uploads: the whole conversion runs in your browser, enforced by the site's content security policy</p> productivity