A free PNG to GIF converter that makes GIFs that look the same as your PNGs, in your browser, with nothing uploaded.
Drop your PNGs and get GIFs that look the same. It all happens in this browser.
Your PNG files
Settings
For simple graphics, and apps that only take GIF. Up to 256 colors, and no see-through shades.
No visible change. Each GIF is the smallest that still scores 90, and a photo gets the best 256 colors.
Convert
Add an image to compress.
Everything happens in this browser, so your images never leave your computer. GIFs get their colors from libimagequant, PNGs are packed by OxiPNG, JPGs made with Google's JPEGli, and every result is scored with SSIMULACRA 2.
This free PNG to GIF converter turns PNGs into GIFs that look the same, in your browser, with a quality score on each.
It picks the fewest colors that still look identical, so graphics come out small and clean. Nothing is uploaded.
Here's when a GIF makes sense, what it can't hold, and how this converter did against CloudConvert.
TL;DRKey takeaways
What is a PNG to GIF converter?
A PNG to GIF converter turns a PNG image into a GIF file, the older format some apps, forums and email tools still ask for.
A GIF holds up to 256 colors. The converter finds the fewest colors your picture needs, and blends them with fine dots when a picture has more.
When to convert PNG to GIF
Pick GIF when an app only takes GIF, or for a small graphic with a few flat colors. Everywhere else, PNG or WebP keeps more for less.
A GIF can't hold see-through shades: each pixel is fully see-through or solid. So soft shadows and glass effects turn solid, and the converter tells you when that happens.
Compared with CloudConvert
I converted the same PNGs here and with CloudConvert, at each one's default settings. Then I scored every result against its original:
- Original
- 321 KB
- CloudConvert
- 143 KB, score 82
- This converter
- 117 KB, score 92.8
- Original
- 307 KB
- CloudConvert
- 260 KB, score 73.9
- This converter
- 273 KB, score 90
- Original
- 558 KB
- CloudConvert
- 195 KB, score 51.9
- This converter
- 215 KB, score 74.6
- Original
- 225 KB
- CloudConvert
- 64 KB, glass shades lost
- This converter
- 73 KB, glass shades lost
This converter's GIFs scored 10.8 to 22.7 points higher. The screenshot's was also 18% smaller, and the others were 5% to 10% bigger.
The see-through dice lost their glass look in both, since a GIF has no see-through shades. Keep pictures like that as PNG or WebP.
How I tested
I tested on September 30, 2026. The PNGs were a Mac screenshot, a graphic from this site, Kodak test photo 23 and the PNG transparency demonstration from Wikimedia Commons.
The score is SSIMULACRA 2, a metric from Cloudinary that compares two pictures the way your eye does:
| Score | What it means |
|---|---|
| 90 and up | Looks identical: no difference even flicking between them at 100% |
| 80 to 90 | Same side by side at 100% |
| 70 to 80 | High quality: hard to notice without comparing |
| 50 to 70 | Medium quality: you can see it up close |
| Under 50 | Visible loss |
Who is the PNG to GIF converter for?
It's for anyone who needs a GIF from a still picture:
- PNG compressor – anyone who can keep the PNG, only smaller
- Image resizer – anyone making the picture smaller first, for a smaller GIF
- Email signature generator – people building a signature with a logo
- QR code generator – anyone making a code for print or a slide
It works in your browser, and your pictures never leave your computer.
More free image converters
Here are my other free image converters. Each one works in your browser, at full size:
- GIF to PNG – the first frame, every pixel kept
- GIF to JPG – a small JPG of the first frame
- JPG to GIF – photos as GIFs for apps that want them
- PNG to JPG – photos up to 92% smaller
- Image converter – JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, HEIC and GIF
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PNG to GIF converter FAQs
Questions about the pNG to GIF converter? Here's what to know.
A PNG to GIF converter turns a PNG image into a GIF file, for apps and tools that only take GIF.
This one scores every file.
Only when a picture has more than 256 colors, like a photo.
Screenshots and graphics scored 90 and up, looking identical.
Yes, but only fully see-through pixels.
Soft shadows and glass effects turn solid, and the converter tells you.
No, one PNG makes one still GIF.
For a moving GIF, start from a video with a video to GIF converter.
Yes, the PNG to GIF converter is free, with no account and no limit on files.
It runs in your browser, so it costs nothing to run.
No, the PNG to GIF converter works in your browser.
Your images never leave your computer.
I did.
I'm Navid Moazzez, and the PNG to GIF converter is one of my free tools on navid.me.
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Navid Moazzez
AI business strategist & AI OS builder
Navid Moazzez helps creators and founders master AI and build their own AI Operating System (AI OS) to automate their business and life.
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