# Install pngquant with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop
PNG image optimizing utility. Version 3.0.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install pngquant.
## Install
```sh
sudo av install brew:pngquant
```
Additional install commands:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install pngquant
```
Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install pngquant
```
Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: graphics/pngquant/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add pngquant
```
Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pngquant from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- Debian apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install pngquant
```
Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: pngquant from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
- dnf (92%):
```sh
sudo dnf install pngquant
```
Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pngquant 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#pngquant
```
Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pn/pngquant/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman (92%):
```sh
sudo pacman -S pngquant
```
Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: pngquant from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
- zypper (92%):
```sh
sudo zypper install pngquant
```
Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: pngquant from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
### Windows
- Chocolatey (92%):
```sh
choco install pngquant
```
Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: pngquant from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','pester'
- Scoop (92%):
```sh
scoop install main/pngquant
```
Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/pngquant.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
## Package facts
- **Package key:** brew:pngquant
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.0.3
- **Source summary:** PNG image optimizing utility
- **Homepage:**
- **Repository:**
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- pngquant (alias)
## Install behavior
- Bottle: not available
## Freshness
- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.0.3
## Security Notes
doc example: narrow image optimizer.
- **Geiger risk:** green / high
- doc example: narrow image optimizer
## Other Package-Manager Records
- Debian apt - pngquant - 2.18.0-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pngquant from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image optimising utility | https://pngquant.org/
- Nix - pngquant: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pn/pngquant/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - pngquant - 2.18.0-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pngquant from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image optimising utility | https://pngquant.org/
- apk - pngquant - 3.0.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pngquant from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Lossy PNG compressor | https://pngquant.org/
- apk - pngquant-doc - 3.0.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pngquant-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Lossy PNG compressor (documentation) | https://pngquant.org/
- dnf - pngquant - 2.18.0-13.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pngquant from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | PNG quantization tool for reducing image file size | http://pngquant.org
- pacman - pngquant - 3.0.3-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: pngquant from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Command-line utility to quantize PNGs down to 8-bit paletted PNGs | https://pngquant.org/
- zypper - pngquant - 3.0.3-1.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: pngquant from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Tool for lossy compression of PNG images | https://pngquant.org/
- MacPorts - pngquant: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: graphics/pngquant/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Chocolatey - pngquant: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: pngquant from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','pester'
- Scoop - main/pngquant: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/pngquant.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
## Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/pngquant.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/pngquant.yml)
## Sources
- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph