APNGKit
High performance and delightful way to play with APNG format in iOS
The APNGKit project is a high-performance framework for loading, displaying, and animating images in the UIKit / AppKit ecosystem (iOS, macOS, tvOS), specifically targeting the APNG (Animated PNG) image format. Unlike traditional static PNG images, APNG supports frame-by-frame animation with full-color images and transparency — yielding better visual fidelity than GIFs while remaining efficient. APNGKit offers a friendly API (e.g. APNGImage, APNGImageView) that behaves similarly to the standard image/image-view pattern, making it easy for iOS/macOS developers to adopt without learning complex new APIs. It handles loading, decoding, timing, and rendering of animated PNG frames, providing smooth animations, correct color and transparency handling, and performance optimizations. ...