Step 1: Open the SVG
Drag the .svg onto app.svgsketch.com or use File > Open... (Ctrl+O). A drawing without keyframes exports as a single-frame GIF, which is the right output for a logo or icon that a chat app or a wiki will only accept as GIF. A drawing with keyframes exports as an animated GIF.
Step 2: Add motion, if you want it
Open the Animation panel from the Animation menu and add keyframes to the shapes you want to move, fade or recolor. Our guide on how to animate SVG walks through position, opacity and transform tracks; everything it produces is what the GIF exporter samples, frame by frame, at the rate you pick in the next step.
Step 3: Choose GIF in the Export panel
Open the Export panel (Ctrl+Shift+E) and pick GIF under Animated in the "Format" dropdown. GIF is a Pro format: on a free account the dropdown still lists it, and choosing it opens the Pro pitch with the 14-day free trial.
Each export item has its own source. Leave it on the document to export everything inside the viewBox, or pick a View or the current selection to export only part of the drawing.
Step 4: Set frame rate, duration and loop
Open the item's settings. The "Animation" section has "Frame Rate", "Duration" and "Loop". 12 to 15 frames per second keeps a decorative loop small; 24 or 30 looks smoother and costs proportionally more bytes, because a GIF stores every frame in full.
Duration defaults to the length of the timeline. Shorten it to export a segment, or leave Loop on so the GIF plays continuously wherever it is embedded.
Step 5: Download, and keep the SVG
Click Download. The frames are rendered and encoded in your browser, so nothing is uploaded and there is no queue to wait in. GIF is limited to 256 colors per frame, so a gradient-heavy drawing will show banding; for photographic or gradient content an animated WebP or an MP4 export keeps the colors intact.
Save the SVG (File > Save, Ctrl+S) alongside the GIF so you can change the timing or the artwork later and export again.