# Install pngnq

Tool for optimizing PNG images. Version 1.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## 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/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-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
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pngnq>
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Source summary:** Tool for optimizing PNG images
- **Homepage:** <https://pngnq.sourceforge.net/>
- **Repository:** <https://svn.code.sf.net/p/pngnq/code>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://pngnq.sourceforge.net/>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pngnq/pngnq/1.1/pngnq-1.1.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- pngcomp (cli)
- pngnq (cli)
- pngcomp (alias)
- pngnq (alias)

## Dependencies

- libpng

## Build Dependencies

- pkgconf

## 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: 1.1
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://pngnq.sourceforge.net/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Sicherheitshinweise

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

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

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** pngnq
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## 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 - 1.1-38.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pngnq from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Pngnq is a tool for quantizing PNG images in RGBA format | http://pngnq.sourceforge.net/


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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