Editing APNG (section)

== Support ==
{{See also|Comparison of web browsers#Image format support}}
[[File:APNG Assembler Logo.svg|105px|thumb|right|The logo of APNG Assembler, [[free software]] to create APNG images]]
[[Mozilla Firefox]] added support for APNG in [[Mozilla Firefox 3|version 3]] trunk builds on March 23, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-03-23 |title=Gran Paradiso Alpha 3 release notes |url=https://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/3.0a3/releasenotes/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091226221450/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/3.0a3/releasenotes/ |archive-date=December 26, 2009 |access-date=2010-03-30 |publisher=[[Mozilla]]}}</ref> However, because libpng is the PNG Group's [[reference implementation]] of the official specification, APNG support can never be supported in the main libpng distribution so long as it remains unratified by the Group. [[Iceweasel|Iceweasel 3]] supports APNG by using Mozilla's unofficial variant of libpng.<ref name="Debian">{{Cite web |date=2011-08-26 |title=Debian Bug #486827 Iceweasel cannot render APNG image |url=https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=486827#43 |access-date=2011-09-18 |publisher=[[Debian]]}}</ref>

In 2008 [[WorldDMB]] adopted APNG as a backward compatible extension to enable animation as part of the MOT SlideShow user application for Digital Radio. "APNG 1.0 Specification - Animated Portable Network Graphics" is included as normative Annex A in the [[European Telecommunications Standards Institute|ETSI]] standard TS 101 499 V2.2.1.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB); MOT SlideShow; User Application (pdf) Specification |url=https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/101400_101499/101499/02.02.01_60/ts_101499v020201p.pdf |access-date=30 January 2013 |publisher=ETSI}}</ref> In 2016, [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] adopted the APNG format as the preferred format for animated stickers in [[iOS 10]] [[iMessage]] apps.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Messaging - Extensions - iOS Human Interface Guidelines |url=https://developer.apple.com/ios/human-interface-guidelines/extensions/messaging/ |access-date=2016-10-12 |website=developer.apple.com |publisher=Apple, Inc.}}</ref> On March 15, 2017, APNG support was added to [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anzwix / Chromium / Add support for Animated PNG |url=http://anzwix.com/a/Chromium/Add%20Support%20For%20Animated%20PNG |access-date=2017-03-15}}</ref>

{| class = "wikitable"
|+ List of computer programs and their support of APNG, along with their version numbers and release date
|-
! Field !! Software !! Supports? !! Since
|-
| rowspan="27" | [[Image processing|Image<br />processing]]
| APNG Assembler
| {{yes}}
| v. 1<ref>{{Cite web |last=maxst |date=15 November 2017 |title=APNG Assembler |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/apngasm/ |website=SourceForge}}</ref>
|-
| cphktool APNG Anime Maker
| {{yes}}
| v. 1 (9 June 2009)<ref>{{Cite web |title=cphktool APNG Anime Maker |url=http://sites.google.com/site/cphktool/apng-anime-maker |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209203257/http://sites.google.com/site/cphktool/apng-anime-maker |archive-date=2010-02-09 |access-date=2010-06-28 |publisher=cphktool}}</ref>
|-
| APNG Disassembler
| {{yes}}
| v. 1 <ref>{{Cite web |last=maxst |title=APNG Disassembler |url=https://apngdis.sourceforge.net/ |website=SourceForge}}</ref>
|-
| APNG Optimizer
| {{yes}}
| v. 1.0 (28 March 2011)<ref>{{Cite web |last=maxst |title=APNG Optimizer |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/apng/files/APNG_Optimizer/ |website=SourceForge}}</ref>
|-
| [[Chasys Draw IES]]
| {{yes}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Online Help for Chasys Draw IES: File Formats - Other Image Files |url=https://www.jpchacha.com/chasysdraw/help.php?file=files_image.htm}}</ref>
| v. 5.17.05<ref>{{Cite web |title=Online Help for Chasys Draw IES: History |url=https://www.jpchacha.com/chasysdraw/help.php?file=history.htm#changelog |access-date=2022-07-18}}</ref>
|-
| [[Clip Studio Paint]]
| {{yes}}
| v. 1.6.7 (7 September 2017)<ref>{{Cite web |title=CLIP STUDIO PAINT Version 1.6.7 release notes (9/7/2017) |url=https://www.clipstudio.net/en/dl/release_note/#167 |access-date=2024-04-22}}</ref>
|-
| [[FFmpeg]]
| {{yes}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=FFmpeg Formats Documentation |url=https://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-formats.html#apng}}</ref>
| v. 2.7<ref>{{Cite web |title=GitHub changelog of FFmpeg |url=https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/master/Changelog |access-date=2016-07-09 |website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref>
|-
| {{Interlanguage link|FireAlpaca|ja|FireAlpaca}}
| {{yes}}
| v. 2.3.13<ref>{{Cite web |title=FireAlpaca Update History |url=https://firealpaca.com/download/#history |access-date=2021-09-04}}</ref>
|-
| Gamani GIF Movie Gear
| {{yes}}
| v. 4.2 (March 2008)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Animated PNG: Simple Animation with an Alpha Channel |url=https://www.gamani.com/apng.htm |access-date=2009-08-25 |publisher=Gamani}}</ref>
|-
| GID
| {{partial|Read-only}}
| v. 11 (December 2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=GID (Generic Image Decoder) |url=https://github.com/zertovitch/gid |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[GIMP]]
| {{Needs|Needs plug-in}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=APNG Plug-In |url=http://registry.gimp.org/node/24394 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525213646/http://registry.gimp.org/node/24394 |archive-date=2014-05-25 |access-date=2010-05-28}}</ref>
| {{N/A}}
|-
| [[Honeycam]]
| {{yes}}
| v. 3.48 (29 November 2021)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honeycam - Version history |url=https://www.bandisoft.com/honeycam/history/ |access-date=2022-01-09 |publisher=Bandisoft International Inc.}}</ref>
|-
| [[Honeyview]]
| {{yes}}
| v. 5.10 (17 February 2015)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honeyview - Version history |url=https://www.bandisoft.com/honeyview/history/ |access-date=2022-01-09 |publisher=Bandisoft International Inc.}}</ref>
|-
| [[ImageJ]]
| {{yes}}
| v. 1.41g (3 July 2008)<ref>{{Cite web |title=ImageJ News |url=http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/notes.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521092716/http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/notes.html |archive-date=May 21, 2009 |access-date=2009-05-23 |publisher=[[ImageJ]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[ImageMagick]]
| {{yes}}
| v. 7.0.10-31 (20 September 2020)<ref>{{Cite web |title=ImageMagick - Changelog |url=https://imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php |access-date=2021-04-25}}</ref>
|-
| Imagine
| {{yes}}
| v. 1.0.2 (4 May 2008)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Imagine - What's new |url=http://nyam.pe.kr/dev/imagine/doc/Whatsnew.txt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008163945/http://nyam.pe.kr/dev/imagine/doc/Whatsnew.txt |archive-date=October 8, 2011 |access-date=2017-09-01}}</ref>
|-
| [[IrfanView]]
| {{partial|Read-only}}
| v. 4.40 (31 July 2015)
|-
| Konvertor
| {{yes}}
| v. 4.02 (May 2010)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Konvertor - Solutions for Multimedia Processing |url=http://www.konvertor.net/indexe.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100512174247/http://www.konvertor.net/indexe.html |archive-date=2010-05-12 |access-date=2010-05-19}}</ref>
|-
| KSquirrel (later SAIL)
| {{partial|Read-only}}
| v. 0.7.2 (3 October 2007)<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 October 2021 |title=KSquirrel Codecs ChangeLog |url=https://github.com/smoked-herring/sail/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md |website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Paint.NET]]
| {{Needs|Needs plugin}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 January 2022 |title='PNG Animations and Images' FileType Plugin (.PNG, .APNG) [Latest v1.4 2022-01-07] |url=https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/119210-png-animations-and-images-filetype-plugin-png-apng-latest-v14-2022-01-07/ |website=Paint.NET Forum}}</ref>
| {{N/A}}
|-
|[[PhotoLine]]
| {{yes}}
|v19.5 (11 March 2016)
|-
| RealWorld Paint
| {{yes}}
| v. 2011.1 (December 2011)<ref>{{Cite web |title=More about animated PNG - Vlasta's blog |url=http://www.rw-designer.com/entry/390 |website=www.rw-designer.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[VirtualDub]]
| {{Needs|Needs plugin}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=SourceForge.net: VirtualDub APNG Mod |url=https://vdubapngmod.sourceforge.net/ |website=vdubapngmod.sourceforge.net}}</ref>{{efn|After loading a video, an APNG file can be created via the "File{{!}}Export{{!}}Animated PNG" menu item.}}
| {{N/A}}
|-
| [[XnView]]
| {{partial|Read-only}}
| v. 1.97.4 (30 April 2010)<ref>While XnView is available for several operating systems, only versions for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] have been released since APNG support was added.</ref>
|-
| Sciter and HTMLayout UI engines
| {{partial|Read-only}}
| since 2008
|-
| [[Krita]]
| {{yes}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=APNG export support |url=https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342479 |access-date=2021-08-16}}</ref>
| Krita Nightly 5.0.0 pre-alpha (since 22 February 2021)<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 February 2021 |title=APNG and WEBP animation export (dbe993da) · Commits · Graphics / Krita |url=https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/commit/dbe993da3d369fc850553173ba55a3d2c8981917 |access-date=2021-08-16 |website=GitLab |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[qView]]
| {{partial|Read-only}}
| v. 4.0 (31 October 2020)
|-
| rowspan = "2" | [[Web browser engine|Browser<br />engines]]
| [[WebKit]]
| {{yes}}
| (17 March 2015)<ref>{{Cite web |date=Mar 17, 2015 |title=Animated PNG graphics |url=https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/181632 |access-date=2015-03-17 |publisher=[[WebKit]]}}</ref>
|- 
| [[Blink (web engine)|Blink]]
| {{yes}} 
| June 2017
|-
| rowspan = "11" | [[Web browser|Web<br />browsers]]
| [[Mozilla Firefox]]<br /><small>([[Gecko (software)|Gecko layout engine]])</small>
| {{yes}}
| v. 3 (17 June 2008)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Parmenter |first1=Stuart |last2=Vladimir Vukicevic |last3=Andrew Smith |date=July 4, 2008 |title=Animated PNG graphics |url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Animated_PNG_graphics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204080959/https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Animated_PNG_graphics |archive-date=2008-12-04 |access-date=2009-05-23 |website=Mozilla Developer Center |publisher=[[Mozilla]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 1, 2008 |title=Firefox 3 for developers |url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Firefox_3_for_developers |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081113072436/https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Firefox_3_for_developers |archive-date=2008-11-13 |access-date=2009-05-23 |website=Mozilla Developer Center |publisher=[[Mozilla]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[SeaMonkey]]<br /><small>([[Gecko (software)|Gecko layout engine]])</small>
| {{yes}}
| v. 2
|-
| [[Mozilla Corporation software rebranded by the Debian project|Iceweasel and other Debian rebrandings]]<br /><small>([[Gecko (software)|Gecko layout engine]])</small>
| {{yes}}
| v. 4.0~b12<ref name="Debian" />
|-
| [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]]<br /><small>([[WebKit|WebKit layout engine]])</small>
| {{yes}}
| v. 8.0<ref name="caniuse">{{Cite web |title=Animated PNG (APNG) |url=http://caniuse.com/#feat=apng |website=Can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc}}</ref>
|-
| [[Google Chrome]] and [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]]<br /><small>([[Blink (layout engine)|Blink layout engine]])</small>
| {{yes}}
| v. 59 (5 June 2017)<ref name="Add support for Animated PNG">{{Cite web |title=7d2b8c45afc9c0230410011293cc2e1dbb8943a7 - chromium/src - Git at Google |url=https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/7d2b8c45afc9c0230410011293cc2e1dbb8943a7 |website=chromium.googlesource.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Stable Channel Update for Desktop |url=https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html |access-date=2017-06-06 |work=Chrome Releases |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| [[Internet Explorer]]<br /><small>([[Trident (layout engine)|Trident layout engine]])</small>
| {{no}}<ref name="caniuse" />
| {{N/A}}
|-
| [[Microsoft Edge Legacy|Microsoft Edge [Legacy]]]<br /><small>([[EdgeHTML|EdgeHTML layout engine]])</small>
| {{no}}<ref name="caniuse" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The status of APNG image format in Microsoft Edge |url=https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/status/apngimageformat/ |access-date=2017-07-29 |website=Microsoft Edge Development}}</ref>
| {{N/A}}
|-
| [[Microsoft Edge]]<br /><small>([[Blink (layout engine)|Blink layout engine]])</small>
| {{yes}}
| v. 79
|-
| [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] v12 and earlier<br /><small>([[Presto (layout engine)|Presto layout engine]])</small>
| {{Yes}}
| v. 9.5 (12 June 2008)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Web specifications supported in Opera 9.5 |url=http://www.opera.com/docs/specs/opera95/#graphics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225070319/http://www.opera.com/docs/specs/opera95/#graphics |archive-date=2009-02-25 |access-date=2009-05-23 |publisher=[[Opera Software]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] 15 and later<br /><small>([[Blink (layout engine)|Blink layout engine]])</small>
| {{Yes}}
| v. 46.0 (22 June 2017)<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 June 2017 |title=Opera 46 goes final, more quality and Opera's first TV ad |url=http://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2017/06/opera-46-goes-final-more-quality-and-operas-first-tv-ad/ |access-date=2017-06-26 |publisher=[[Opera Software]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Pale Moon (web browser)|Pale Moon]] <small>([[Goanna (software)|Goanna layout engine]])</small>
| {{Yes}}
| v. 27
|-
| rowspan = "4" | [[Mobile browser|Mobile<br />browsers]]
| [[iOS]] [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]]
| {{yes}}<ref name="caniuse" />
| v. 8.0
|-
| [[Firefox for Android]]
| {{yes}}<ref name="caniuse" />
| {{dunno}}
|-
| [[Samsung Internet for Android]]
| {{yes}}
| v. 7.0
|-
| [[Opera Mobile]]
| {{yes}}{{Citation needed|date=November 2017}}
| {{Dunno}}
|-
| rowspan = "1" | [[Productivity software|Productivity<br />software]]
| [[LibreOffice]]
| {{yes}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 May 2023 |title=Projects selected for LibreOffice in the Google Summer of Code 2023: Add APNG import/export support |url=https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/05/29/projects-selected-for-libreoffice-in-the-google-summer-of-code-2023/ |access-date=2023-05-29 |publisher=[[LibreOffice]]}}</ref>
| Planned
|}
{{notelist}}

A server-side library exists that allows web browsers that support the [[Canvas element|canvas tag]], but do not support APNG, to display APNGs.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 October 2021 |title=APNG-canvas Library |url=https://github.com/davidmz/apng-canvas |website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref> Examples of such browsers include Microsoft Edge Legacy and Internet Explorer 9.