# Install sng

Enable lossless editing of PNGs via a textual representation. Version 1.1.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sng
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sng
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install sng
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: sng from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install sng
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sng 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#sng
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:sng
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sng>
- **Version:** 1.1.1
- **Source summary:** Enable lossless editing of PNGs via a textual representation
- **Homepage:** <https://sng.sourceforge.net/>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://sng.sourceforge.net/>
- **License:** Zlib
- **Source archive:** <https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/sng/sng-1.1.1.tar.xz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- sng (cli)
- sng (alias)

## Dependencies

- libpng
- xorgrgb

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.1.1
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://sng.sourceforge.net/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## 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:** sng
- **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

- Debian apt - sng - 1.1.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sng from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | specialized markup language for representing PNG contents | http://sng.sourceforge.net/
- Nix - sng: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sn/sng/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - sng - 1.1.0-4build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sng from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | specialized markup language for representing PNG contents | http://sng.sourceforge.net/
- dnf - sng - 1.1.1-8.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sng from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Lossless editing of PNGs via a textual representation | https://sng.sourceforge.net/


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- [libpng](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/libpng/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [xorgrgb](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/xorgrgb/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [gd](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/gd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, image-processing, media, png.
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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
