install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install gifski

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install gifski

MacPorts ports tree · graphics/gifski/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add gifski

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · gifski · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#gifski

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gi/gifski/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S gifski

Arch Linux sync databases · gifski · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/gifski

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/gifski.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id ImageOptim.gifski -e

Windows Package Manager source index · ImageOptim.gifski · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Highest-quality GIF encoder based on pngquant

Project links

Commands and aliases

gifski

history

Project history and usage

Gifski is a Rust GIF encoder from the ImageOptim/pngquant ecosystem, designed to produce higher-quality animated GIFs from video frames or PNG sequences.

Project history

The ImageOptim repository was created in November 2017, and the first release was published the same month as a GIF maker debut. The project built on pngquant and libimagequant ideas, applying cross-frame palettes and temporal dithering to the constrained GIF format.

Adoption history

Gifski attracted users who cared more about perceptual quality than minimum file size. Its upstream documentation points to prebuilt releases, Homebrew, cargo installation, a C library API, WebAssembly builds, and graphical front ends for macOS and Windows.

How it is used

Practitioners feed gifski either a stream from ffmpeg in YUV4MPEG format or a directory of PNG frames exported from animation or video software. They tune output size and quality with width, height, lossy quality, motion quality, and related options.

Why package nerds care

Gifski is notable in package collections because it represents the modern Rust side of GIF tooling: a CLI, reusable C-compatible library, cargo package, Homebrew formula, and GUI-adjacent encoder with explicit tradeoffs around GIF quality, file size, and licensing.

Timeline

2017: Repository and first release published.
2017: Early releases added faster and multi-core encoding paths.
2018: Transparency support landed in the 0.7 series.
2020s: Homebrew, cargo, native installers, and library builds widened packaging paths.

Related projects

Gifski is closely related to pngquant and libimagequant. It also complements ffmpeg for frame extraction and Gifsicle for downstream GIF manipulation or optimization.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`gifski`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version1.34.0

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detected1.34.0

https://github.com/ImageOptim/gifski

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:gifski
Version	1.34.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gifski
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
Dependencies	ffmpeg
Build dependencies	pkgconf, rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

gifski

nix profile install nixpkgs#gifski

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gifski

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

apk95%

gifski 1.34.0-r3

Highest-quality GIF encoder based on pngquant

https://gif.ski/

sudo apk add gifski

License: AGPL-3.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: gifski
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Gifski

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

pacman95%

gifski 1.34.0-2

GIF encoder based on libimagequant (pngquant). Squeezes maximum possible quality from the awful GIF format.

https://gif.ski

sudo pacman -S gifski

License: AGPL-3.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
1 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Gifski

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

MacPorts95%

gifski

sudo port install gifski

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gifski

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

Scoop95%

main/gifski

scoop install main/gifski

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gifski

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

winget95%

ImageOptim.gifski

winget install --id ImageOptim.gifski -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gifski

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

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/gifski.yml

Used sources

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

Install gifski with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget