Command-line tool

pngquant

brew/pngquant

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PNG image optimizing utility

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

cargo install pngquant
scoop install pngquant

macOS

brew install pngquant
cargo install pngquant

Linux

brew install pngquant
cargo install pngquant

Compress a specific PNG as much as possible and write result to a new file

pngquant path/to/file.png

Compress a specific PNG and override original

pngquant --ext .png -f path/to/file.png

Try to compress a specific PNG with custom quality (skip if below the min value)

pngquant -Q 0..100 path/to/file.png

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