macOS
Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install gif2pnglocal Homebrew formula metadata
安装
其他安装命令
Linux
Fedora dnf已验证 · 92%
sudo dnf install gif2pngFedora Rawhide package metadata · gif2png · 来源: dl.fedoraproject.org
Arch Linux pacman已验证 · 92%
sudo pacman -S gif2pngArch Linux sync databases · gif2png · 来源: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
概览
软件包摘要
Convert GIFs to PNGs
历史
项目历史与用法
gif2png is a classic image-conversion utility that converts GIF files to PNG and ships with `web2png`, a front end for converting web hierarchies and rewriting image references. It is strongly associated with the late-1990s move from GIF toward PNG on the open web.
项目历史
The project predates its GitLab hosting and has a long changelog preserved by Eric S. Raymond's project page. The NEWS file shows releases in 1999 leading up to version 2.0.0, which was marked ready for Burn All GIFs Day, a campaign-era milestone in PNG advocacy.
Development continued through portability, packaging, and correctness work: DocBook documentation in 2002, RPM and Freshmeat packaging updates in 2003, libpng and security fixes in the 2000s and 2010s, a simpler makefile after Autotools removal in 2015, a Go port in 2019, and Go module packaging in 2023.
采用历史
gif2png's adoption was rooted in a specific historical problem: GIF was ubiquitous but politically and technically contentious, while PNG offered a patent-free replacement for many web graphics. The utility gave web maintainers a batchable path to convert image assets and update references.
The package's continued presence in Homebrew, Fedora, Arch, and other packaging indexes reflects its role as a small, stable conversion tool rather than a large image suite. Users who need this exact conversion can install a purpose-built command instead of pulling in a broad graphics application.
使用方式
Practitioners use `gif2png` for file-level GIF to PNG conversion and `web2png` when converting a directory tree of web pages and image references. The README describes POSIX and Go build requirements, a regression test suite, and the `make check` workflow.
Typical use is archival cleanup, static-site maintenance, packaging tests around image conversion, or migration of old GIF-heavy web assets to PNG.
为什么软件包爱好者会关心
gif2png is package-nerd significant because it is old, focused, and still easy to package. Its changelog records decades of small portability and correctness fixes, including security hardening and a language-port transition from C-era tooling to Go while keeping the command-line identity intact.
时间线
- 1999: Version 2.0.0 was prepared for Burn All GIFs Day.
- 2002: Documentation masters moved to DocBook.
- 2003: RPM and Freshmeat packaging updates landed in the 2.5 series.
- 2012: A filename buffer overflow fix for CVE-2009-5018 was released.
- 2015: Autotools was removed in favor of a simple makefile.
- 2019: The code was ported to Go.
- 2023: The build was converted to a Go module.
- 2026: Version 3.0.4 updated web2png for Python 3.
Related projects
- gif2png is related to PNG, GIF, libpng, web2png, Burn All GIFs Day, and small Unix-style image conversion utilities.
来源
安全态势
风险级别：绿色
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
风险分类器
绿色 风险 · 低 置信度 · appliance
原因
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
信号
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
安装行为
- formula 元数据中未记录 Homebrew post-install 钩子。
- Homebrew bottle 元数据适用于 12 个平台目标。
- 构建元数据列出 2 个构建依赖。
建议审查
在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。
可执行文件
已安装的可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
gif2png | cli | 全局可执行文件 | |
web2png | cli | 全局可执行文件 |
新鲜度
版本和新鲜度
这些信号区分页生成时间、软件包管理器活动和上游发布比较。只有存在证据 URL 和可比较版本时，才会提示版本落后。
页面生成时间2026-07-26
管理器版本3.0.3
管理器更新时间
本地数据OK
上游not checked
检测到的最新版本未检测到
http://www.catb.org/~esr/gif2png/
- 信息No package-manager update timestamp was available.低 置信度
- 信息Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.http://www.catb.org/~esr/gif2png/none 置信度
安装元数据
软件包元数据
| 软件包键 | brew:gif2png |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 3.0.3 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 软件包管理器页面 | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gif2png |
| 主页 | http://www.catb.org/~esr/gif2png/ |
| 仓库 | https://gitlab.com/esr/gif2png |
| 上游文档 | http://www.catb.org/~esr/gif2png |
| 许可证 | BSD-2-Clause |
| 源码归档 | https://gitlab.com/esr/gif2png/-/archive/3.0.3/gif2png-3.0.3.tar.bz2 |
| 构建依赖 | go, xmlto |
| macOS 提供的库 | python |
| Bottle | 可用 (于 arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | 未定义 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
注册表事实
源数据库详情
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | gif2png |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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源数据库匹配
其他软件包管理器记录
匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。
dnf95%
gif2png 3.0.4-1.fc45
A GIF to PNG converter
http://www.catb.org/~esr/gif2png/
sudo dnf install gif2png- License: BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gif2png
- 2 依赖
- 2 提供
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Gif2png
pacman95%
gif2png 3.0.3-2
A GIF to PNG image format converter
http://www.catb.org/~esr/gif2png/
sudo pacman -S gif2png- License: ZLIB
- Architecture: x86_64
- 1 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Gif2png
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使用的来源
- 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
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- package-page enrichment