OptiPNG is a PNG optimizer that recompresses the image files to a smaller size without losing any data. It works in a manner similar to pngcrush, but it has a wider automatic search space (leading to possibly a better compression), and it runs faster.
| Tags | multimedia Graphics Graphics Conversion |
|---|---|
| Licenses | BSD Revised zlib/libpng |
| Operating Systems | Windows Windows POSIX |
Recent releases


Release Notes: This release upgrades libpng to version 1.2.36-optipng [private]. It fixes a use-after-free error in the GIF reader. The output log displays the current trial in real time. An error in reporting unrecognized file formats has been fixed. The requirement to "fix" TIFF files that contain unrecognized metadata has been removed. The option abbreviation rules have been simplified. The requirement to "fix" TIFF files that contain unrecognized metadata has been removed. Option names can now be abbreviated to their shortest unique prefix, as in X11 applications.


Release Notes: A bug was fixed in conversion of bKGD information during rgb-to-palette reductions. Some other bugs were fixed too.


Release Notes: A reduction problem that caused an assertion failure has been fixed.


Release Notes: Support for updating sBIT during reductions, and a fix for a bug in the reduction of the alpha channel.