Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to GifCities

The retro animated GIF search engine

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. GifCities launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   gifMe▲63

   A beautiful search engine for gifs

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Giphy▲180

   Search animated GIFs on the web

   2013 · giphy.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   GifCities▲2

   The GeoCities Animated GIF Search Engine

   2019 · gifcities.org · its alternatives →

4. 4
   GIFs▲145

   Search for GIFs on Giphy, Tumblr, and reddit on your Mac

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   shots▲154

   Turn the evolution of a website into an animated gif

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   GifYt▲109

   Product Hunt for GIFs

   2015 · gifyoutube.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   GIFCTRL▲79

   GIFs displayed in an awesome feed

   2016 · gifctrl.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Gifwit▲87

   Organize and search your favorite images on the internet

   2014 · gifwit.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Giflinks▲78

   Turn your links into GIFs!

   2014 · tholman.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Rando.me a GIF▲62

    An easy way to find random GIFs

    2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Giphy▲45

    Gif search engine extraordinaire

    2014 · giphy.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Gifs.com▲184

    Easily turn videos into a GIF

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    GoogleGIFs▲319

    View animated GIFs in Google Image search (finally!)

    2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    GIFGIF▲75

    Mapping the Emotional Language of GIFs

    2014 · gifgif.media.mit.edu · its alternatives →

15. 15
    GIF MAKER▲232

    Create animated GIFs from videos (by Giphy)

    2015 · giphy.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Giffage▲78

    World's best GIF exploring app and keyboard for iOS

    2015 · giffage.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    NewsGIF▲176

    The news summarized in GIFs

    2015 · newsgif.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    GifGrabber▲99

    Free app that helps you make animated gifs

    2014 · gifgrabber.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Tumblr GIF Maker▲93

    The home of GIFs just got GIFFier

    2015 · tumblr.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Perfect Gif▲80

    Gif Search Engine by Hulu

    2015 · huluperfectgif.tumblr.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    GIFpitch▲126

    Your startup pitch, in an animated GIF

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Gifdub▲118

    GIFs + sound!

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Serious▲78

    A GIF collection and curation app

    2015 · dns.google · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Gifalytics▲95

    Celebrate your web traffic with real-time GIF notifications

    2015 · thomaskimura.github.io · its alternatives →

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