Alternatives to GIPHY Capture

A free Mac app from GIPHY that records part of the screen and saves it as a GIF. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • GIPHY Capture

    A free Mac app from GIPHY that records part of the screen and saves it as a GIF.

    FreeProprietarymacOS

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as GIPHY Capture.

  • Kap

    Open source Mac screen recorder that exports to GIF, MP4 or WebM.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOS

    Kap is a free, open-source Mac recorder that exports to GIF as well as MP4 and WebM, giving more output formats than GIF alone.

  • Gifox

    Polished Mac app for recording, converting and editing animated GIFs.

    PaidProprietarymacOS

    Gifox is a paid Mac app dedicated to GIFs, adding compression, optimisation and editing beyond simple recording.

  • LICEcap

    Tiny cross-platform tool for capturing an area of the screen as an animated GIF.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    LICEcap is a free, tiny GIF recorder that runs on both Windows and macOS, with fewer editing features than dedicated GIF recorders.

  • ScreenToGif

    Records part of your screen and gives you a frame-by-frame editor before you save the GIF.

    FreeOpen sourceWindows

    ScreenToGif is free and open source but Windows only, adding a frame-by-frame editor and export to APNG, video and PNG sequences.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.