GIF to APNG Converter
Free online GIF to APNG converter. Turn any animated GIF into a clean Animated PNG with lossless quality, full 24-bit color, and real alpha transparency. Runs in your browser — no upload, no watermark, no sign-up. Drop the GIF, click Process, save the APNG.
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Max 10240.0 MB per file · drop multiple for batch
or press Ctrl+V to paste
100% private — files never leave your device
·Free — no sign up, no watermark
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How to Use GIF to APNG Converter
- Drop the animated GIF onto the GIF to APNG converter
- Click Process — there are no options to set, conversion is one click
- Download the .apng file — share it directly or embed in HTML
Features
- Lossless GIF to APNG conversion — every frame preserved bit-for-bit
- Full 24-bit color depth — escape the GIF 256-color palette and get true color
- Real alpha transparency — APNG supports per-pixel alpha, GIF only supports 1-bit on/off
- 100% private — your GIF never leaves your browser; processing runs locally via FFmpeg WebAssembly
- Free with no watermark, no sign-up, no file size limit
- Output is a single .apng (or .png with animated chunks) playable in every modern browser
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is APNG and why convert GIF to APNG?
- Animated PNG (APNG) is the modern successor to animated GIF. It supports full 24-bit color (16.7 million vs GIF's 256), per-pixel alpha transparency (vs GIF's 1-bit on/off), and lossless compression. The result: cleaner colors, smoother edges around transparent areas, and a smaller file for the same visual quality on richly-colored animations.
- How is this GIF to APNG converter different from Ezgif or Online-Convert?
- Speed and privacy. Ezgif / Online-Convert upload your file to their server, process it there, and send the APNG back — slow on large GIFs and your file briefly lives on their disks. This GIF to APNG converter runs WebAssembly directly in your browser, so nothing leaves your device and a 5 MB GIF converts in under a second.
- Will every browser display the APNG output?
- Yes — every modern browser supports APNG natively: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Opera, and all mobile equivalents. Internet Explorer and old Android browsers (pre-2018) fall back to the first frame, which is still better than a broken image.
- Does the converter preserve frame timing and loop count?
- Yes — frame durations and the loop count are read from the GIF and written into the APNG exactly. Animation speed and looping behavior match the source GIF perfectly.
- Can I convert APNG back to GIF?
- Yes, use the reverse tool: APNG to GIF converter. It re-quantizes back to a 256-color palette for legacy GIF use cases.