Technical MIME Specification & Web Server Guide

image/gif

Technical overview, official IANA specification, header magic bytes, and server configuration snippets for .GIF files (Graphics Interchange Format).

File Extension

.gif

Content-Type Header

image/gif

Format Category

Images

Standard Specification

GIF89a Spec

Description & Usage

8-bit color indexed bitmap format supporting simple loop animations.

HTTP Server Content-Type Configuration Code

# Nginx mime.types configuration for .gif
types {
    image/gif    gif;
}

OS Compatibility Matrix

Windows

macOS

Linux

Android

iOS

Want to test header signatures or binary files?

Run binary magic byte inspection in Magic Byte Detector.

Frequently Asked Questions

The official MIME content type for .gif files is "image/gif". Web servers use this header to instruct browsers how to render or process .gif data.