macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gifskilocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install gifskiMacPorts ports tree · graphics/gifski/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 2601
Install gifski with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget
Highest-quality GIF encoder based on pngquant. Version 1.34.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#gifski.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add gifskiAlpine Linux edge package indexes · gifski · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gifskinixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gi/gifski/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S gifskiArch Linux sync databases · gifski · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/gifskiScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/gifski.json · source: api.github.com
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id ImageOptim.gifski -eWindows Package Manager source index · ImageOptim.gifski · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Highest-quality GIF encoder based on pngquant
Project links
Commands and aliases
- gifski
history
Project history and usage
gifski is a Rust GIF encoder from the ImageOptim/pngquant ecosystem, designed to produce high-quality animated GIFs from video frames or PNG sequences.
Project history
The official repository presents gifski as a GIF encoder based on pngquant and libimagequant ideas, using cross-frame palettes and temporal dithering to work around GIF format limits. The project provides a CLI and can also be built as a C-compatible library for integration into other applications.
Adoption history
gifski attracted users who cared more about perceptual quality than minimum file size. Its upstream documentation points to prebuilt releases, Homebrew, cargo installation, C library use, Windows and macOS GUI paths, and release downloads for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
How it is used
Practitioners feed gifski either a stream from ffmpeg in YUV4MPEG format or a directory of PNG frames exported from animation or video software. They tune output size and quality with width, height, frame rate, quality, lossy quality, and motion quality options.
Why package nerds care
gifski is notable in package collections because it represents the modern Rust side of GIF tooling: a CLI, reusable C-compatible library, cargo package, Homebrew formula, and GUI-adjacent encoder with explicit tradeoffs around GIF quality, file size, and licensing.
Timeline
- 2017: Repository-era gifski releases began in the ImageOptim ecosystem.
- 2018: Transparency support and GUI-adjacent packaging paths broadened usage.
- 2020s: Homebrew, cargo, native installers, and library builds widened distribution paths.
- 2020s: Upstream documentation continued to emphasize ffmpeg and PNG-frame workflows.
Related projects
- gifski is closely related to pngquant and libimagequant. It also complements ffmpeg for frame extraction and Gifsicle for downstream GIF manipulation or optimization.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
gifski | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.34.0
manager updated2026-08-02
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gifski |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.34.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://gif.ski/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/ImageOptim/gifski |
| Last updated | 2026-08-02T20:52:05+09:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
gifski
nix profile install nixpkgs#gifski- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gifski
apk95%
gifski 1.34.0-r3
Highest-quality GIF encoder based on pngquant
sudo apk add gifski- License: AGPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gifski
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gifski
pacman95%
gifski 1.34.0-2
GIF encoder based on libimagequant (pngquant). Squeezes maximum possible quality from the awful GIF format.
sudo pacman -S gifski- License: AGPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gifski
MacPorts95%
gifski
sudo port install gifski- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gifski
Scoop95%
main/gifski
scoop install main/gifski- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gifski
winget95%
ImageOptim.gifski
winget install --id ImageOptim.gifski -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gifski
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation