# Install gifski

Highest-quality GIF encoder based on pngquant. Version 1.34.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:gifski
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gifski
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install gifski
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: graphics/gifski/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add gifski
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gifski from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#gifski
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S gifski
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: gifski from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/gifski
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gifski.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id ImageOptim.gifski -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: ImageOptim.gifski from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:gifski
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gifski>
- **Version:** 1.34.0
- **Source summary:** Highest-quality GIF encoder based on pngquant
- **Homepage:** <https://gif.ski/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ImageOptim/gifski>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle>
- **License:** AGPL-3.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/ImageOptim/gifski/archive/refs/tags/1.34.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- gifski (cli)
- gifski (alias)

## Dependencies

- ffmpeg

## Build Dependencies

- pkgconf
- rust

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.34.0
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/ImageOptim/gifski
- Upstream latest detected: 1.34.0 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** gifski
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - gifski: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/gifski/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - gifski - 1.34.0-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gifski from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Highest-quality GIF encoder based on pngquant | https://gif.ski/
- pacman - gifski - 1.34.0-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: gifski from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | GIF encoder based on libimagequant (pngquant). Squeezes maximum possible quality from the awful GIF format. | https://gif.ski
- MacPorts - gifski: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: graphics/gifski/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/gifski: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gifski.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - ImageOptim.gifski: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: ImageOptim.gifski from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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- [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [ffmpeg](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/ffmpeg/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph