Imgur to Gfycat

Replaces animated gifs throughout the internet with gfycat optimized HTML5 videos.

Imgur to Gfycat: Chrome Extension for Optimized Viewing

"Imgur to Gfycat" is a handy Chrome extension designed to enhance your online viewing experience. This tool automatically replaces animated gifs hosted on imgur with a more optimized version of HTML5 videos, courtesy of Gfycat. The result is smoother playback, lower file sizes, and additional functionality such as pause, play, and seek. The extension also ensures that only already transcoded gifs are replaced, so no waiting time for users. It also supports integration with Reddit Enhancement Suite!

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Extension stats

By: STRML

Users: 3,000+

Rating: 3.99

(106)

Version: 1.4.8 (Last updated: 2015-04-16)

Creation date: 2015-04-15

Permissions:

contextMenus

Size: 38.37K

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 16,524 ▲ 14

Other rankings

#1762 in Art & Design

#19 in cause keyword 22 ▲ 3

#53 in gif keyword 31 ▼ 2

#94 in album keyword 25 ▼ 1

#105 in resize keyword 42 ▼ 3

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

When it works, it's a really great extension.
Works with Imagus 10/10.
Exactly tailored to situations where Gifs are blocked.

Cons

Doesn't work consistently.
Inefficient RegExp slows down page load.
Mostly blank Gifs when using RES.
Right click options often do not function.

Most mentioned

Doesn't work
It used to work just fine
Kinda sorta works

User reviews

Удалите не работает!

Мой лучший друг, 2021-09-14

it don't work

johnny richard, 2019-05-02

Adblock in the extension screenshot, 😕cmon bruh

Curtis Ruecker, 2018-10-25

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Imgur to Gfycat requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Imgur to Gfycat. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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