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pngquant — PNG converter and lossy image compressor. More information: <https://manned.org/pngquant>.

Submitted by: @import:tldr-pages·Mar 2, 2026·

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Problem

How to use the pngquant command: PNG converter and lossy image compressor. More information: <https://manned.org/pngquant>.

Solution

pngquant — PNG converter and lossy image compressor. More information: <https://manned.org/pngquant>.

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}}

Code Snippets

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}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/pngquant

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