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GIF -> PNG · Local tool

GIF to PNG

Turn a GIF into a lossless PNG still, with its transparent areas intact.

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  1. 01 / Your device

    the file stays here

  2. 02 / Browser memory

    the work runs locally

  3. 03 / Back to you

    saved on this device

When you would use this

Situations, not settings.

A logo that arrived as a GIF
Old brand kits are full of them. PNG keeps the clear background and drops the jagged edge a GIF forces on it.
A diagram going into a slide deck
Presentation software tries to play a GIF. A PNG just sits there, which is what a diagram should do.
An icon you are about to edit
256 colours is a hard ceiling to work under. PNG gives the editor room before you change anything.

How it works / no cloud

A conversion engine, not an upload form.

Your browser decodes the GIF, filetity draws its first frame onto a canvas with the transparency intact, and writes a PNG. Both formats store their pixels exactly, so nothing is approximated on the way through, and nothing is uploaded.

  • Offline ready
  • Installable app
  • No file limit queue

Straight answers

No accordion. Nothing hidden.

Is it free?
Yes, with no watermark and no page limit.
Does it need an account?
No. There is no account system.
Is my file processed on my device?
Yes. The file is read by your browser and never uploaded. There is no server to send it to.
What formats are supported?
GIF in. PNG out, one file per image, or a ZIP when you convert several.
What are the limits?
No image count limit. An animated GIF gives you its first frame only. A GIF holds at most 256 colours, so the PNG carries the same 256 and is not more colourful for being a PNG.
Does it work on mobile?
Yes, on any modern mobile browser. Large files are limited by the memory the phone gives the browser.
Does it work offline?
Yes, once the page has loaded. The tool keeps working with no network connection.
Does the animation survive?
No. PNG holds one image, so you get frame one as a still and the rest is dropped. APNG, the animated cousin of PNG, is not something a browser canvas can write, so this page does not pretend to offer it.
Is the transparency kept?
Yes. A GIF marks one palette colour as fully clear, and PNG has a real alpha channel, so those areas come across still clear. PNG can also hold partial transparency, which a GIF cannot, so nothing is given up in the move.
Will the PNG be bigger or smaller?
Usually close to the same. Both formats compress without changing a pixel, and a 256 colour picture is exactly what PNG is good at. A long animation becomes one frame, so that file gets much smaller.
Why would I want a PNG rather than the GIF?
Because most software treats a GIF as an animation and a PNG as a picture. A PNG drops into a document, a slide or an editor without anything trying to play it, and it can hold the soft edges a GIF had to make jagged.

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