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pngquant vs OptiImage: catalog facts
pngquant	OptiImage
Free Free and open source; the CLI is under GPL-3.0-or-later with some parts under HPND and…	Free Free and open source under the LGPL-2.1-only licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux
Large file size reductions with preserved transparency Adaptive dithering with less noise	Lossless and lossy compression modes Option to keep or remove metadata
Command line only; graphical use needs a separate front end Lossy, so not suited to images that must stay pixel-exact	Linux only Young project, first released in late 2024
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: LGPL-2.1-only
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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