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SVG Optimizer for Node.js and CLI. ⚙️

27 mentions on Hacker News by 24 people: 4 stories, 23 comments · first 2012-12-06 · latest 2026-08-01

Mentions per year 27 mentions · busiest year 2016 (5)
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    GitHub shadowbanned an NPM package with 37M+ weekly downloads
    story by mattlue · 2026-08-01 · 1 comment
  2. https://archive.softwareheritage.org/browse/origin/directory... (last snapshot 07 May 2026, 22:16:47 UTC)
    comment by toomuchtodo · 2026-07-30 · in SVGO repository has been made private
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    SVGO repository has been made private
    story by mattlue · 2026-07-30 · 5 comments
  4. …version is 3.2.0 (so run SVGO locally for the latest optimizations), but I understand that once https://github.com/svg/svgo/pull/1943 is merged Jake will release an updated version of SVGOMG.
  5. …or commas between the viewbox numbers. I rescind my 115 claim and reset it back to 116. [1] https://github.com/svg/svgo/issues/12 [2] "a list of four numbers <min-x>, <min-y>, <width> and <height>, separated by whitespace and/or a comma"
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    What is the benefit of stripping viewBox? (3+ years discussion)
    story by wouldbecouldbe · 2023-04-26 · 0 comments
  7. Look at software you use and identify underlying libraries. SVGO https://github.com/svg/svgo is used by many graphics software but hasn't seen donations commensurate with usage https://opencollective.com/svgo
    comment by TAForObvReasons · 2022-12-21 · in Ask HN: FOSS Projects Worth Donating To?
  8. …- Maybe re-add interactivity? Cheap option: just support copying alt-text in a context menu. [0] https://github.com/svg/svgo
  9. …GUI [3] to interactively adjust precision and see the resulting render (and file-size). [1] https://github.com/svg/svgo [2] https://github.com/jakearchibald/svgomg [3] https://jakearchibald.github.io/svgomg
    comment by McKayDavis · 2022-04-18 · in SVG passthrough precision
  10. There's SVGO ( https://github.com/svg/svgo ).
    comment by pilaf · 2022-02-18 · in Open-source online SVG path editor
  11. …what is offered, or not. In fact, if you are using svgo, even indirectly, you have agreed to this: https://github.com/svg/svgo/blob/main/LICENSE >THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING…
  12. …everything else) because ImageMagick is able to convert MOST of thse, but not every format. https://github.com/svg/svgo https://github.com/joedrago/colorist https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/docs/cwebp https://imagemagick.org/
    comment by sandreas · 2021-12-02 · in ImageMagick: CLI for Image Editing
  13. …to you) If anyone likes the icons, doesn't like the float precision, and is in a Node environment, https://github.com/svg/svgo has a bunch of config options to help optimize SVGs. https://lean-svg.netlify.app/ is a site that lets you play…
  14. Unfortunately the reference to the actual minifier, SVGO ( https://github.com/svg/svgo ), is buried in the middle of the post. SVGO is an incredible project driven by a single volunteer in spare time (originally Kir Belevich…
    comment by sheetjs · 2019-08-13 · in Minify Your SVGs
  15. …ttps://github.com/jankovicsandras/imagetracerandroid You can use svgo to optimize the SVG afterwards: https://github.com/svg/svgo
    comment by jankovicsandras · 2017-11-27 · in Super Tiny Website Logos in SVG
  16. Most vector tools export to SVG, and you can use SVGO[1] to clean it up and optimize it. 1: https://github.com/svg/svgo
    comment by netghost · 2017-01-09 · in Building Better Interfaces with SVG (2015)
  17. Would this https://github.com/svg/svgo help?
    comment by akie · 2016-10-02 · in Show HN: Ascii to SVG
  18. …and transforms, but in the end I had to manually edit SVG's XML source to fix nestings. sigh . [1]: https://github.com/svg/svgo
  19. I've cleaned thousands of SVGs with: https://github.com/svg/svgo npm install -g svgo svgo -f /path/to/svg/files
  20. If all you want to do is clean your svg files, svgo is the tool to use: https://github.com/svg/svgo
  21. Svgs usually contain a lot of redundant and useless information. We clean the svgs using SVGO, https://github.com/svg/svgo (and a few of our own plugins) to get more beautiful svg files. The output often gets bloated by apps like Sketch,…
  22. Yes, SVGO is really good at this and other kinds of SVG optimisation and manipulation: https://github.com/svg/svgo/
    comment by premasagar · 2015-02-26 · in Vivus, bringing your SVGs to life
  23. …are using, minimize total KB and network requests. There are two tools I use to help with this: 1. https://github.com/svg/svgo (node) 2. https://gist.github.com/mrinterweb/11303706 (ruby - I wrote this one)
    comment by mrinterweb · 2014-05-17 · in Font Awesome 4.1 released
  24. …a great little node.js-based tool called SVGO for removing the fluff and optimising SVG files: https://github.com/svg/svgo
    comment by premasagar · 2013-10-24 · in Snap – A JavaScript SVG Library
  25. …to the spec (See DataTypeNumber) it's perfectly OK to have an 'e' in a number. I've added an issue: https://github.com/svg/svgo/issues/63
  26. …about lossy optimizations – there is an idea of curves simplifying with Visvalingam’s algorithm - https://github.com/svg/svgo/issues/9
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    SVGO – Node.js-based SVG optimizer with plugins
    story by d-_-b · 2012-12-06 · 8 comments