SuperGIF

This Chrome extension bundles SuperGIF class from libgif-js and brings basic play controls for animated gifs into your browser.

As of May 2026, SuperGIF has 865 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 2 reviews in the Developer Tools category.

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Ratingno change0%
5.00
2 reviews
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Version
0.0.2
Manifest V3

History

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Tracking since Apr 24, 2026.

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Permissions & access

Permissions
activeTabcontextMenusscripting
Host access
None declared

Screenshots

SuperGIF screenshot 1

About

Main purpose of this extension is to improve user experience when watching long animated gifs in a browser. Typical user is someone who watches screen capture converted into animated gif and wishes to pause the animation to focus on some detail on currently captured screen. This rather trivial task is not really straightforward as there are no pause/resume controls built-in. 

This extension adds "SuperGIF" context menu to GIF images on the currently visited site. When triggered, image is parsed into individual frames and replaced with canvas that plays the animation frame by frame. User can then pause/resume or seek by clicking on the canvas. 

For a simple example, install the extension and test it on this animated gif: https://github.com/buzzfeed/libgif-js/blob/master/example_gifs/rub_test.gif . 

Under the hood this extension bundles SuperGIF class from libgif-js project and adds little bit of custom logic to registered event handlers.

Technical

Version
0.0.2
Manifest
V3
Size
294KiB
Min Chrome
88.0
Languages
1
Featured
Yes

Metadata

ID
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Developer ID
u622e9cca0bc6f7d186cd1d445561ef64
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Jul 25, 2021
Last Updated (Store)
Jul 25, 2021
Last Scraped
May 19, 2026
Website
Support URL
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified May 19, 2026.