PathSmith

Spec sheet

Purpose

PathSmith is a self-hostable Rust image toolkit that vectorizes raster images into SVGs and crops multiple regions from one image in a single pass.Read 10 Oct 2026 · pathsmith.avarnic.com

Deployment

The maker describes a self-hostable container of approximately 44 MB.Read 10 Oct 2026 · pathsmith.avarnic.com

Integrations

The maker lists no third-party integrations; it describes an HTTP API and Rust library for integrating PathSmith into other software.Read 10 Oct 2026 · pathsmith.avarnic.com

Privacy

The maker says images stay on the user's machine unless the user chooses to upload them elsewhere.Read 10 Oct 2026 · pathsmith.avarnic.com

Support

The maker says source code and issues are available on GitHub.Read 10 Oct 2026 · pathsmith.avarnic.com

License

PathSmith is licensed under GNU AGPL v3.0 or later, with commercial licensing available on request.Read 10 Oct 2026 · pathsmith.avarnic.com

Browser processing

The WASM/npm surface can vectorize images in the browser without uploading them.Read 10 Oct 2026 · pathsmith.avarnic.com

Image formats

The web interface accepts PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, and BMP images.Read 10 Oct 2026 · pathsmith.avarnic.com

Limits

The maker's GitHub README says the CLI and WASM build currently support Vectorize only; Multicrop is available through the HTTP API and library.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com

Multicrop

Multicrop lets users mark several boxes on an image and export each crop; boxes extending beyond the image are trimmed.Read 10 Oct 2026 · pathsmith.avarnic.com

Network use

The maker says users running a modified version as a network service must offer its complete corresponding source to users.Read 10 Oct 2026 · pathsmith.avarnic.com

Processing

The image pipeline runs in memory and performs conversions in parallel.Read 10 Oct 2026 · pathsmith.avarnic.com

Speed

The product describes its pipeline as in-memory, with parallel conversions.Read 4 Oct 2026 · pathsmith.avarnic.com

Supported workflows

The repository documentation says the CLI and WASM build currently support Vectorize only, while the HTTP API and Rust library support both Vectorize and Multicrop.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Surfaces

PathSmith is offered as a web app, HTTP API, CLI, Docker container, WASM/npm package, and Rust library.Read 10 Oct 2026 · pathsmith.avarnic.com

Vectorization

Vectorize offers multiple tracing pipelines whose SVG results can be compared side by side.Read 4 Oct 2026 · pathsmith.avarnic.com

Vectorize

Vectorize offers multiple tracing pipelines whose outputs can be compared side by side.Read 10 Oct 2026 · pathsmith.avarnic.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Image Vectorization Software#26 of 267.2