Command-line tool

optipng

brew/optipng

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PNG file optimizer compression requirescmd compressor optimizer optimising diskspace lossless optimiser libpng optimizing filesize imagecompressing

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id OptiPNG.OptiPNG -e
scoop install optipng

macOS

brew install optipng

Linux

brew install optipng

Compress a PNG with default settings

optipng path/to/file.png

Compress a PNG with the best compression

optipng -o 7 path/to/file.png

Compress a PNG with the fastest compression

optipng -o 0 path/to/file.png

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