# GifCities

5 Hacker News commenters recommended GifCities and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free search engine for animated GIFs archived from Geocities by the Internet Archive. Results are inconsistent and search could be better.

## Why people recommend it

- Large archive of Geocities GIFs (1 comments): "Internet Archive backed up a metric shit-ton of animated GIFs from geocities" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49105682))
- Free to use (1 comments): "it is very inconsistent, but it's hard to complain about free" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50156098))
- Cool resource for nostalgia (1 comments): "It’s a cool resource, the search could use some improvement." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50125831))

## What people warn about

- Inconsistent search results (1 comments): "it is very inconsistent, but it's hard to complain about free" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50156098))
- Search needs improvement (1 comments): "It’s a cool resource, the search could use some improvement." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50125831))
- Duplicate GIFs not removed (1 comments): "Would be nice if it uniquified the GIFs." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50124843))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Google Search](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-search.md): 315 recommend
- [Yandex Search](https://hackerapproved.com/p/yandex.md): 79 recommend
- [Marginalia Search](https://hackerapproved.com/p/marginalia-search.md): 50 recommend
- [Bing](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bing.md): 33 recommend
- [Ecosia](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ecosia.md): 24 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://gifcities.org/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "GifCities", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gifcities/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).