A WebP converter for Mac, built into the right-click menu.
A site, a CMS or a store asks for WebP. Right-click a JPG, a PNG, a HEIC or a TIFF in Finder and the WebP lands beside it, made on your Mac.
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Ricly▸Convert to WebPHero_banner.jpgConverted to WebPHero_banner.jpgHow to convert an image to WebP with Ricly
- Install Ricly and open it.Turn on the Finder extension when it asks (one setting), then create your free account and verify your email.
- In Finder, right-click the JPG, PNG, HEIC or TIFF.Select several to convert them together.
- Choose Ricly › Convert to WebP.The WebP lands next to the original, with the same name.
Convert to WebP without uploading
You have done this a hundred times.
- Open a browser
- Find a converter
- Upload the picture
- Pick WebP
- Download it
- Move it back
- Close the tab
Ricly puts that one in the menu that is already under your cursor. Right-click the picture, pick Convert to WebP, the WebP lands beside it, at quality 85, and the picture never leaves the folder it was in.
See what else comes with it
One WebP per file, at quality 85
One WebP per file, written beside the original. The encoder, cwebp from Google’s WebP project, ships inside the app, so nothing is installed and nothing is sent.
The encoder is inside the app
cwebp 1.6.0, from Google’s WebP project, ships inside the download, for Apple silicon and Intel. No Homebrew, no command line.
Transparency kept, the right way up
A transparent PNG stays transparent in the WebP, and a photo shot sideways comes out upright: the rotation is applied to the pixels.
The WebP lands beside the original
Same folder, same name, new extension. Your JPG or PNG is not modified, moved or deleted — you keep the source you had and gain a lighter copy next to it.
Nothing is ever overwritten
If the name is already taken you get a numbered file rather than losing the first one. Converting several pictures at once does not make them fight over a single output name.
A failed conversion leaves nothing behind
The file is written to a hidden temporary path and only swapped in when it is complete. You never find a half-written WebP in the folder you are about to publish.
Ricly vs. the Terminal and online converters
Counted the same way, once your account exists, here is what each path costs.
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WHAT IT REPLACES
A whole selectionone WebP each,
originals untouched
A folder of product shots is one right-click. The menu reads Convert to WebP (20 files), and each picture gets its WebP beside it — same name, new extension.
macOS opens WebP, but it doesn’t write it: on macOS 15.7, its image engine lists 21 formats it can write, and WebP isn’t one of them. Apple lists Preview’s export formats as HEIC, JPEG, JPEG-2000, OpenEXR, PDF, PNG and TIFF. In the Terminal, Google’s cwebp does the job once you install it. Ricly ships that same encoder inside the app and runs it from the right-click menu, so the picture never leaves your disk.
Made for the page.
Our 1.7 MB test photo came out at 468 KB as a WebP at quality 85, and the original never left your Mac.
You came for one tool. 16 more come with it.
Image to WebP is not an app you install. It is one item in a menu that also carries 16 others — same download, same account, nothing extra to set up.
13 are free, 4 are Pro. They install themselves as they ship, so the menu grows without you doing anything. Compress Image is the right move when the file has to stay a PNG or a JPEG, and Quick Resize when it is the pixel count that is too big.
A free WebP converter, with no monthly limit
No monthly count on this tool. Convert a whole catalog if you want to.
- This tool has no monthly count. Convert a whole catalog if you want to.
- Select twenty pictures, right-click once, twenty WebPs.
- The same quality setting as any paid plan.
- A free account is required, with a verified email address.
€47.88 billed yearly, or €4.99 month to month.
- Pro adds nothing to this tool. It is already unlimited.
- The four Pro tools unlock: Extract Text, Upscale Image, Photo Grid, Batch Rename.
- Upload & Share goes to 20 GB and links last 30 days.
- 30-day trial for new subscribers · payment method required · cancel any time.
Converting images to WebP on a Mac: common questions
Can Preview save an image as WebP?
Apple lists Preview’s export formats as HEIC, JPEG, JPEG-2000, OpenEXR, PDF, PNG and TIFF. On macOS 15.7, the system’s image engine doesn’t write WebP either: we checked. Ricly makes the WebP from the right-click menu.
How do I convert PNG to WebP in the Terminal?
Install Google’s WebP tools (with Homebrew: brew install webp), then run cwebp -q 85 image.png -o image.webp. That’s the encoder Ricly ships inside the app.
How much smaller is a WebP?
It depends on the picture. At Ricly’s setting, quality 85, our test photo went from a 1.71 MB JPEG to a 468 KB WebP, a 516 KB PNG product shot to 51 KB, and an 18.5 MB PNG photo to 1.08 MB, all at the same dimensions.
What quality do I get?
Quality 85, and there is no setting to change. A PNG goes through the same quality 85, so it comes out as a lossy WebP.
Does it keep transparency?
Yes. Our transparent PNG logo came out as a WebP with its transparency intact.
Which files can I use?
JPG, JPEG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF and BMP.
Does the WebP keep the photo’s data?
No. The WebP carries no date, camera or location data, and no embedded color profile.
Is the picture uploaded anywhere?
No. The conversion runs on your Mac, and the picture never leaves your disk.
Where does the new file go?
Beside the original: same name, .webp extension. Your JPG or PNG is not modified, moved or deleted, and a name already taken gets a number rather than being overwritten.
Can I convert a whole folder at once?
Select the files and right-click: the menu reads Convert to WebP (20 files), and each picture gets its WebP beside it.
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