# Oxipng

Multithreaded lossless PNG and APNG compression optimizer, usable as a command-line tool or a Rust library.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/oxipng/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/oxipng/oxipng
- docs: https://docs.rs/oxipng

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Joshua Holmer
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: build-tool, media
- hosting: unknown
- language: rust
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: cargo install oxipng

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 10
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-02

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 4306
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 51
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/oxipng/oxipng (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/oxipng/oxipng/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oxipng/oxipng/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/oxipng/oxipng (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/oxipng/oxipng/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://github.com/oxipng/oxipng/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/oxipng/oxipng/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/oxipng/oxipng/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/oxipng/oxipng/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/oxipng/oxipng/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/oxipng/oxipng (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oxipng/oxipng/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/oxipng/oxipng/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/oxipng/oxipng/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/oxipng/oxipng/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/oxipng/oxipng (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/oxipng/oxipng/contributors (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Oxipng compresses PNG and APNG files without loss. It is a multithreaded optimizer written in Rust, and it runs as a command-line tool. Rust projects can also use it as a library, documented on docs.rs. It is installed with cargo install oxipng, from a Docker image, or from the Windows download on the GitHub releases page. Joshua Holmer holds the copyright on the MIT-licensed code.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0