# Install pngnq with Homebrew, apt, dnf, Nix

Tool for optimizing PNG images. Version 1.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install pngnq.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pngnq
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pngnq
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install pngnq
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: pngnq from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install pngnq
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pngnq from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#pngnq
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pn/pngnq/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pngnq
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Source summary:** Tool for optimizing PNG images
- **Homepage:** <https://pngnq.sourceforge.net/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- pngcomp (alias)
- pngnq (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.1

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - pngnq - 1.1+ds-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pngnq from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | tool for optimizing PNG (Portable Network Graphics) images | http://pngnq.sourceforge.net
- Nix - pngnq: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pn/pngnq/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - pngnq - 1.1+ds-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pngnq from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | tool for optimizing PNG (Portable Network Graphics) images | http://pngnq.sourceforge.net
- dnf - pngnq - 1.1-39.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pngnq from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Pngnq is a tool for quantizing PNG images in RGBA format | http://pngnq.sourceforge.net/


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/pngnq.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/pngnq.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph