# Install pngquant-bin with npm

pngquant wrapper that makes it seamlessly available as a local dependency. Version 9.0.0 via npm; verified 2024-05-05.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:pngquant-bin
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g pngquant-bin
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:pngquant-bin
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/pngquant-bin>
- **Version:** 9.0.0
- **Source summary:** pngquant wrapper that makes it seamlessly available as a local dependency
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/imagemin/pngquant-bin#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/imagemin/pngquant-bin>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/imagemin/pngquant-bin#readme>
- **License:** GPL-3.0+
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/pngquant-bin/-/pngquant-bin-9.0.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/imagemin/pngquant-bin/issues>
- **Published:** 2024-05-05T20:06:55.179Z
- **Last updated:** 2024-05-05T20:06:55.179Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- pngquant (cli)

## Dependencies

- bin-build
- bin-wrapper
- execa

## Build dependencies

- ava
- bin-check
- compare-size
- tempy
- xo

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: defined
- Lifecycle scripts: postinstall
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 9.0.0
- Package-manager updated: 2024-05-05
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/imagemin/pngquant-bin
- warning: The package-manager record has not been updated in over a year.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for pngquant-bin. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 9.0.0
- **Version Count:** 36
- **Maintainers:** sindresorhus
- **Publisher:** sindresorhus
- **Engines:** Node: >=18
- **Integrity:** sha512-jlOKfIQBTNJwQn2JKK5xLmwrsi/NwVTmHRvbrknCjdWxfX1/c/+yP4Jmp9jRZWedft/vnhh+rGbvl/kUmesurg==
- **Shasum:** 51f5840e254a53972f78dd80540f5f7ed4e5e559
- **Unpacked Size:** 110,922
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2013-08-11T19:41:22.634Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2024-05-05T20:06:55.179Z
- **Modified At:** 2024-09-09T14:37:01.160Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- MacPorts - pngquant: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: graphics/pngquant/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Debian apt - pngquant - 2.18.0-1+b1: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: pngquant from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image optimising utility | https://pngquant.org/
- Nix - pngquant: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pn/pngquant/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - pngquant - 2.18.0-1build2: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pngquant from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image optimising utility | https://pngquant.org/
- apk - pngquant - 3.0.3-r0: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pngquant from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Lossy PNG compressor | https://pngquant.org/
- apk - pngquant-doc - 3.0.3-r0: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pngquant-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Lossy PNG compressor (documentation) | https://pngquant.org/
- dnf - pngquant - 2.18.0-12.fc44: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pngquant from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | PNG quantization tool for reducing image file size | http://pngquant.org
- pacman - pngquant - 3.0.3-3: installed executable or alias match | Arch Linux sync databases: pngquant from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Command-line utility to quantize PNGs down to 8-bit paletted PNGs | https://pngquant.org/
- zypper - pngquant - 3.0.3-1.4: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: pngquant from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Tool for lossy compression of PNG images | https://pngquant.org/
- Chocolatey - pngquant: installed executable or alias match | Chocolatey community package catalog: pngquant from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','pingplotter'
- Scoop - main/pngquant: installed executable or alias match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/pngquant.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [optipng-bin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/optipng-bin/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: as, available, bin, bin-build, bin-wrapper.
- [pngout-bin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/pngout-bin/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: as, available, bin, bin-wrapper, cli.
- [mozjpeg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/mozjpeg/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: as, available, bin, bin-build, bin-wrapper.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- 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
