Command-line tool

pngcrush

brew/pngcrush

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Optimizer for PNG files

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install pngcrush

macOS

brew install pngcrush

Linux

brew install pngcrush

Compress a PNG file

pngcrush in.png out.png

Compress all PNGs and output them to the specified directory

pngcrush -d path/to/output *.png

Compress PNG file with all 114 available algorithms and pick the best result

pngcrush -rem allb -brute -reduce in.png out.png

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