Shrinko8

Shrinko8 achieves better code compression than native Pico-8 tools when creating PNGs, allowing carts to fit into formats that Pico-8 cannot, as noted in the format conversion section.

Offers configurable safety levels (e.g., --minify-safe-only) and focus metrics (tokens, chars, compressed) to tailor optimization, giving developers fine-grained control over output size.

Detects common errors like undeclared locals, unused variables, and duplicate identifiers, helping catch bugs early, with options to customize linting rules via --lint hints.

Automatically replaces constant expressions with values and removes dead code branches marked with --[[const]], enabling efficient management of debug code without runtime overhead.

Supports conversion between p8, png, rom, lua, and other formats, often with better compression than default tools, and includes merging capabilities for cart sections.