Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Howww.to – Code, Design Courses Reduced to 5sec GIF's launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Howww.to – Code, Design and Marketing Courses Reduced to 5sec GIF's▲8

   2015 · howww.to · its alternatives →

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   Howww.to▲148

   Code, design & marketing courses reduced to 5sec GIF's

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Madrassa▲6

   Code & Design Courses Reduced To 5s GIFs (pre-launch)

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   The Tiny Designer▲212

   Understand design and what it can do. (5-week email course)

   2015 · thetinydesigner.com · its alternatives →

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   Project GIFV▲164

   Imgur is reimagining the looping GIF video

   2014 · imgur.com · its alternatives →

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   GifDeck▲174

   Turn SlideShare presentations into beautifully animated GIFs

   2014 · gifdeck.in · its alternatives →

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   Gif.Cam▲65

   "Less" than a video. More than a picture.

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Gfycat▲121

   Turn GIFs into lightweight HTML5 videos that you can share

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   GIF Brewery▲79

   Convert Video files to animated GIFs.

   2014 · gifdb.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Transforms in CSS▲117

    Free eBook for learning to code animations

    2016 · get.oreilly.com · its alternatives →

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    GIF Brewery 3.0▲92

    Video to GIF creator

    2016 · gifdb.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    QuartzCode▲83

    Vector Animation to Code

    2014 · quartzcodeapp.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Like YoYo▲93

    The Gif Evolved

    2015 · likeyoyo.com · its alternatives →

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    GIFGIF▲75

    Mapping the Emotional Language of GIFs

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

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    Web Design Circuit▲81

    12 week mentor-driven online course, from GA

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    GifPop▲68

    A tool to make custom cards from animated gifs

    2013 · gifpop.io · its alternatives →

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    Free JavaScript video course for Designers▲7

    2016 · betaflows.com · its alternatives →

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    TinyCompress▲20

    Smart media compression

    2025 · tinybrief.app · its alternatives →

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    Code In The Dark▲7

    Visual code writing effects

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    GifZip▲3

    Free online gif compressor | reduce gif file size up to 80%

    Nov 2025 · gifzip.com · its alternatives →

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    SVG Workflows in Sketch▲16

    A new online course from Sketch Master

    2017 · sketchmaster.com · its alternatives →

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    GIF to ASCII Art▲9

    2023 · gifcii.fun · its alternatives →

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    Coding for Visual Learners▲8

    Learn JavaScript with p5.js

    2017 · codingforvisuallearners.com · its alternatives →

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    Deadly Code Videos▲11

    Turn code into cinematic typing videos in seconds

    Jan 2026 · deadlycodevideos.com · its alternatives →

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