Developer Rei Kagetsuki is spearheading a Kickstarter campaign to fund the creation of animated PNG (APNG) tools with the ultimate goal of replacing animated GIFs (pronounced "jif," in case you're ...

Animated PNG (or aPNG for short) is one of several file formats created to replace GIFs, with support for 24-bit images and 8-bit transparency. Starting with Chrome 59, Google finally supports aPNG.

While the web is loaded with GIFs for nearly every mood, sometimes you just need to make your own to fit the situation.

If you want to play or view APNG files (Animated PNG) on Windows 11/10, then check these free APNG viewer tools covered in this post.

Animated PNG Support GIFs are far from perfect. They have a low color depth, can slow webpages down, and can have a massive file size (relative to compressed video).