pngquant
brew install pngquant
v3.0.3
GPL-3.0-or-later AND HPND AND BSD-2-Clause
Lossy PNG compressor that reduces file size by quantizing color palettes.
Why you might care
Shrinks PNG files dramatically (often 50–80%) while preserving visual quality, useful in web optimization pipelines. Written in Rust for speed and safety. Drops in as a build-time tool for image processing workflows or CI/CD; far more aggressive than lossless PNG tools like pngcrush or oxipng, at the cost of slight color degradation.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://pngquant.org/
- Brew formula source: Formula/p/pngquant.rb
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