PNG to GIF

Up to 20 files, max 24 MB each. Add files now and convert them one by one or all together.

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Ready for up to 20 files. Queue builds instantly as you drop files.

How PNG to GIF works

When an existing PNG file has to reach somewhere that wants GIF, this page closes the gap in one round: upload, convert, download.

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PNG to GIF Details

PNG to GIF turns the PNG files you already have into GIF. No account, no extension to install, no settings to hunt through.

PNG is a lossless raster format with a real alpha channel, so repeated saves never degrade the picture. GIF keeps at most 256 colours per frame and can hold a short animation inside a single file.

Step by step

The order below follows the page itself, and no step asks you to sign up or confirm anything.

  1. Drop the PNG files into the upload area; clicking the area opens the usual file picker instead.
  2. Each queued file shows its name and size. Remove what you do not need; one round handles 20 files at most.
  3. Convert files one at a time, or hit convert all to push the entire queue through to GIF.
  4. Rename the output in the queue field before downloading; the extension is set to GIF for you.
  5. Downloading is the last step: the GIF file goes to your browser folder and no copy stays on the server.

Technical details

The limits match what the interface shows, and the processing behaves like this:

  • Accepted input: PNG (png), up to 24 MB per file.
  • The result is written as GIF and reduced to a 256-colour palette, with no quality parameter to set.
  • The queue carries 20 files at a time, and each file travels in its own request.
  • Transparent pixels survive the trip because GIF supports an alpha channel.
  • GIF output is reduced to a 256-colour palette and takes no quality parameter, so banding in photos is expected.
  • Do not count on metadata surviving: whether EXIF and ICC data travel depends on the engine handling the file, so keep anything critical elsewhere.

Is this the right tool

Choose it when there is a concrete reason to use GIF rather than PNG. Short loops, simple animations and chat or forum posts are where GIF still earns its keep. Transparency is on or off with no partial alpha, and photographs show visible colour banding. PNG is a lossless raster format with a real alpha channel, so repeated saves never degrade the picture.

This tool will not build an animation: the output is a single-frame GIF. Moving content needs a video file or an animation exported elsewhere.

Small things that help

  • Add every PNG file from the same folder in one go; up to 20 of them finish in a single round.
  • Renaming outputs in the queue keeps your downloads folder readable once several GIF files land there.
  • GIF is written losslessly, so saving again does no damage and the file works as an archive copy.
  • Test one file, judge the result, then send the rest of the PNG files through in a batch.

Data and privacy

Your file travels over HTTPS, is processed during that single request and comes back as the download itself. It is never written to a public directory, nothing is kept once the response is sent, and the download is marked as non-cacheable.

Frequently asked questions

Drop your PNG file into the upload area, start the conversion, and download the finished GIF file. No installation or plugin is needed.

You can add up to 20 files to the same queue. The per-file size limit is shown under the upload area.

Check that the file really is in PNG format and stays under the size limit. Partially downloaded or corrupted files cannot be read.

Lossless formats keep sharp edges and text clean, while smaller formats are better when page speed matters. Try both and compare the file sizes.