Convert GIF to PNG — Free, Fast & Private
A GIF becomes a PNG as a single still, keeping its transparency. The PNG is lossless but usually larger. Everything runs in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
Only the first frame of an animation
An animated GIF is converted to a still from its first frame, and the tool tells you. PNG output from MiniPx is one picture, so the other frames are not written.
Transparency becomes real alpha
GIF marks one palette colour as transparent, so every pixel is fully on or fully off. PNG has a full alpha channel and keeps those pixels transparent. The edges stay as hard as the GIF drew them. For a clean cut-out of a logo or subject, the background remover works better than a GIF edge.
When PNG is the right still
PNG suits logos, icons, diagrams and screenshots saved as GIF, where the 256-colour palette was never a limit. It is a poor choice for dithered photographs, where the PNG gets large for no visible gain. The measured table below uses real GIFs.
Check the PNG against the GIF before you save
The result card shows the GIF size, the PNG size and the output dimensions, with growth marked in amber, and the notice about animation if the GIF had several frames.
A 256-colour source stays 256 colours
PNG can store millions of colours, but a GIF never held them. The PNG preserves the 256-colour result exactly, dithering included, and is usually bigger. For smaller output with transparency, GIF to WebP is the route; GIF to JPG is smaller still if you can lose transparency. See the image converter for other formats.
GIF to PNG on real files: measured sizes
| File | Before | After | Change | Background | Frames |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screen-recording style GIF | GIF · 480 × 300 px · 14.7 KB | PNG · 480 × 300 px · 654 B | 23.0× smaller | — | 16 → 1 (first frame only) |
| Photo pan GIF | GIF · 480 × 360 px · 1.65 MB | PNG · 480 × 360 px · 125.4 KB | 13.5× smaller | — | 10 → 1 (first frame only) |
| Transparent spinner GIF | GIF · 240 × 240 px · 7.95 KB | PNG · 240 × 240 px · 630 B | 12.9× smaller | Kept transparent | 8 → 1 (first frame only) |
Measured 2026-10-07 in Chromium 145.0.7632.6 by running this page's converter with its default setting (PNG) on each file. The photos and scans are CC0 or public-domain files from Wikimedia Commons; the screen-recording GIF is drawn by the measuring script; the photo GIF pans across the CC0 phone photo; the spinner GIF is drawn by the measuring script on a transparent background. Sizes are shown as the tool shows them (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).