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ffmpeg

TL;DR

# Convert a webm file to GIF.
ffmpeg -y -i 'rec.webm' -vf 'palettegen' 'palette.png'
ffmpeg -y -i 'rec.webm' -i 'palette.png' -filter_complex 'paletteuse' -r 10 'out.gif'

Format conversion

Webm to GIF

ffmpeg -y -i 'rec.webm' -vf 'palettegen' 'palette.png'
ffmpeg -y -i 'rec.webm' -i 'palette.png' -filter_complex 'paletteuse' -r 10 'out.gif'

Here rec.webm is the recorded video.
The first command creates a palette out of the webm file. The second command converts the webm file to gif using the created palette.

Sources

• Convert a webm file to gif
• How to convert a webm video to a gif on the command line