# gulp-imagemin [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/gulp-imagemin) [](https://github.com/sindresorhus/xo)
> Minify PNG, JPEG, GIF and SVG images with [imagemin](https://github.com/imagemin/imagemin)
*Issues with the output should be reported on the imagemin [issue tracker](https://github.com/imagemin/imagemin/issues).*
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## Install
```
$ npm install --save-dev gulp-imagemin
```
## Usage
```js
const gulp = require('gulp');
const imagemin = require('gulp-imagemin');
gulp.task('default', () =>
gulp.src('src/image/*')
.pipe(imagemin())
.pipe(gulp.dest('dist/images'))
);
```
## API
Comes bundled with the following **lossless** optimizers:
- [gifsicle](https://github.com/imagemin/imagemin-gifsicle) ? *Compress GIF images*
- [jpegtran](https://github.com/imagemin/imagemin-jpegtran) ? *Compress JPEG images*
- [optipng](https://github.com/imagemin/imagemin-optipng) ? *Compress PNG images*
- [svgo](https://github.com/imagemin/imagemin-svgo) ? *Compress SVG images*
These are bundled for convenience and most will not need anything else.
### imagemin([plugins], [options])
Unsupported files are ignored.
#### plugins
Type: `Array`
Default: `[imagemin.gifsicle(), imagemin.jpegtran(), imagemin.optipng(), imagemin.svgo()]`
[Plugins](https://www.npmjs.com/browse/keyword/imageminplugin) to use. This will overwrite the default plugins. Note that the default plugins comes with good defaults and should be sufficient in most cases. See the individual plugins for supported options.
#### options
Type: `Object`
##### verbose
Type: `boolean`
Default: `false`
Output more detailed information.
## License
MIT ⓒ [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)