Pngcrush

pngcrush
Developer(s)Glenn Randers-Pehrson
Stable release
1.8.13[1] / 29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)[2]
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeImage optimizer
LicenseSimilar to libpng License
Websitepmt.sourceforge.io/pngcrush/

pngcrush is a free and open-source command-line utility for optimizing PNG image files. It reduces the size of the file losslessly – that is, the resulting "crushed" image will have the same quality as the source image.

The main purpose of pngcrush is to reduce the size of the PNG IDAT data stream by trying various combinations of compression methods and delta filters. It can also be used for various manipulations of PNG images, such as changing the bit depth, removing unwanted ancillary chunks, or adding certain chunks including gAMA, tRNS, iCCP, and textual chunks.

  1. ^ "pngcrush changelog". Retrieved 27 July 2018 – via SourceForge.
  2. ^ "PNG and MNG tools - Browse /pngcrush/1.8.13 at SourceForge.net". 29 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2018 – via SourceForge.

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