Squoosh vs pngquant: catalog facts
Squoosh | pngquant |
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Free Free to use. |
Free Free and open source; the CLI is under GPL-3.0-or-later with some parts under HPND and… |
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Web |
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line |
- Side-by-side comparison makes it easy to judge quality versus file size trade-offs
- Runs entirely in the browser with no upload needed
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- Large file size reductions with preserved transparency
- Adaptive dithering with less noise
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- Focused narrowly on compression and format conversion, not general image editing
- Best suited to single images rather than batch processing
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- Command line only; graphical use needs a separate front end
- Lossy, so not suited to images that must stay pixel-exact
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Web application |
Downloadable app |
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Closed source |
Open source |
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License not stated |
License: GPL-3.0-or-later |
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Not stated if an account is needed |
No account needed |
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Not stated if it works offline |
Works offline |
Checked September 22, 2026 | Checked October 1, 2026 |
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