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pngquant

PNG converter and lossy image compressor. More information: https://pngquant.org/.
  • 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 --force {{path/to/file.png}}
  • Try to compress a specific PNG with custom quality (skip if below the min value):
    pngquant --quality {{0-100}} {{path/to/file.png}}
  • Compress a specific PNG with the number of colors reduced to 64:
    pngquant {{64}} {{path/to/file.png}}
  • Compress a specific PNG and skip if the file is larger than the original:
    pngquant --skip-if-larger {{path/to/file.png}}
  • Compress a specific PNG and remove metadata:
    pngquant --strip {{path/to/file.png}}
  • Compress a specific PNG and save it to the given path:
    pngquant {{path/to/file.png}} --output {{path/to/file.png}}
  • Compress a specific PNG and show progress:
    pngquant --verbose {{path/to/file.png}}

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