SVGO

SVG Optimizer is a Node.js-based tool for optimizing SVG vector graphics files.

Why?

SVG files, especially those exported from various editors, usually contain a lot of redundant and useless information. This can include editor metadata, comments, hidden elements, default or non-optimal values and other stuff that can be safely removed or converted without affecting the SVG rendering result.

Installation

npm -g install svgo

or

yarn global add svgo

CLI usage

svgo one.svg two.svg -o one.min.svg two.min.svg

Or use the --folder/-f flag to optimize a whole folder of SVG icons

svgo -f ./path/to/folder/with/svg/files -o ./path/to/folder/with/svg/output

See help for advanced usage

svgo --help

Configuration

Some options can be configured with CLI though it may be easier to have the configuration in a separate file. SVGO automatically loads configuration from svgo.config.js or module specified with --config flag.

module.exports = {
  multipass: true, // boolean. false by default
  datauri: 'enc', // 'base64', 'enc' or 'unenc'. 'base64' by default
  js2svg: {
    indent: 2, // string with spaces or number of spaces. 4 by default
    pretty: true, // boolean, false by default
  }
}

SVGO has a plugin-based architecture, so almost every optimization is a separate plugin. There is a set of built-in plugins. See how to configure them:

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    // enable a built-in plugin by name
    'builtinPluginName',
    // or by expanded version
    {
      name: 'builtinPluginName'
    },
    // some plugins allow/require to pass options
    {
      name: 'builtinPluginName',
      params: {
        optionName: 'optionValue'
      }
    }
  ]
}

The default list is fully overridden if the plugins field is specified. To extend the default list use the extendDefaultPlugins utility:

const { extendDefaultPlugins } = require('svgo');
module.exports = {
  plugins: extendDefaultPlugins([
    {
      name: 'builtinPluginName',
      params: {
        optionName: 'optionValue'
      }
    }
  ])
}

To disable one of the default plugins use the active field:

const { extendDefaultPlugins } = require('svgo');
module.exports = {
  plugins: extendDefaultPlugins([
    {
      name: 'builtinPluginName',
      active: false
    }
  ])
}

See the list of the default plugins:

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    'removeDoctype',
    'removeXMLProcInst',
    'removeComments',
    'removeMetadata',
    'removeEditorsNSData',
    'cleanupAttrs',
    'mergeStyles',
    'inlineStyles',
    'minifyStyles',
    'cleanupIDs',
    'removeUselessDefs',
    'cleanupNumericValues',
    'convertColors',
    'removeUnknownsAndDefaults',
    'removeNonInheritableGroupAttrs',
    'removeUselessStrokeAndFill',
    'removeViewBox',
    'cleanupEnableBackground',
    'removeHiddenElems',
    'removeEmptyText',
    'convertShapeToPath',
    'convertEllipseToCircle',
    'moveElemsAttrsToGroup',
    'moveGroupAttrsToElems',
    'collapseGroups',
    'convertPathData',
    'convertTransform',
    'removeEmptyAttrs',
    'removeEmptyContainers',
    'mergePaths',
    'removeUnusedNS',
    'sortDefsChildren',
    'removeTitle',
    'removeDesc'
  ]
}

It's also possible to specify a custom plugin:

const anotherCustomPlugin = require('./another-custom-plugin.js')
module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    {
      name: 'customPluginName',
      type: 'perItem', // 'perItem', 'perItemReverse' or 'full'
      params: {
        optionName: 'optionValue',
      },
      fn: (ast, params, info) => {}
    },
    anotherCustomPlugin
  ]
}

API usage

SVGO provides a few low level utilities. extendDefaultPlugins is described above.

optimize

The core of SVGO is optimize function.

const { optimize } = require('svgo');
const result = optimize(svgString, {
  // optional but recommended field
  path: 'path-to.svg',
  // all config fields are also available here
  multipass: true
})
const optimizedSvgString = result.data

loadConfig

If you write a tool on top of SVGO you might need a way to load SVGO config.

const { loadConfig } = require('svgo');
const config = await loadConfig()

// you can also specify a relative or absolute path and customize the current working directory
const config = await loadConfig(configFile, cwd)

Built-in plugins

Other Ways to Use SVGO

• as a web app – SVGOMG
• as a GitHub Action – SVGO Action
• as a Node.js module – examples
• as a Grunt task – grunt-svgmin
• as a Gulp task – gulp-svgmin
• as a Mimosa module – mimosa-minify-svg
• as an OSX Folder Action – svgo-osx-folder-action
• as a webpack loader – image-webpack-loader
• as a Telegram Bot – svgo_bot
• as a PostCSS plugin – postcss-svgo
• as an Inkscape plugin – inkscape-svgo
• as a Sketch plugin - svgo-compressor
• as macOS app - Image Shrinker
• as a Rollup plugin - rollup-plugin-svgo
• as a VS Code plugin - vscode-svgo
• as a Atom plugin - atom-svgo
• as a Sublime plugin - Sublime-svgo
• as a Figma plugin - Advanced SVG Export

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License and Copyright

This software is released under the terms of the MIT license.

Logo by André Castillo.