OptiPNG is a tiny command line tool which optimises PNG files, often reducing their size but without affecting image quality.

Our tests showed varying results. OptiPNG barely made any difference at all with some files, occasionally cutting others by 20% or more, but on average saved around 5%.

Using the program can be as simple as entering something like:

optipng image.png

OptiPNG then tries various parameters to find which delivers the smallest file size. But beware, if there are savings to be made then it overwrites the original file.

If you'd prefer to keep the source file, use:

optipng -keep image.png

It'll be preserved as image.png.bak.

Multiple images may be specified on the same command line:

optipng -keep image1.png image2.png image3.png

There are various other options to control the compression strategy, how and where any saved files are written. Enter optipng -h to find out more.

If you'd prefer a GUI, note that PNGGauntlet provides a shell for OptiPNG, and adds a couple of other tools to deliver even greater savings.

What's new?

 * Upgraded libpng to version 1.6.34.
 * Upgraded zlib to version 1.2.11-optipng.
 * Upgraded minitiff to version 0.2.
!! Fixed a buffer overflow vulnerability in the GIF decoder.
   [Reported by Joonun Jang]
!! Fixed an integer overflow vulnerability in the TIFF decoder.
   [Reported by Jaeseung Choi]
 ! Fixed the build on macOS High Sierra.
   [Reported by various users]
   [Fixed by Yuen Ho Wong and Friedrich Preuss]
 ! Fixed the build on DJGPP.
 * Disallowed out-of-bounds values in rangeset options.