Vecto vs VTracer

Vecto converts raster images such as logos, icons, illustrations, scans, and photos into editable SVG files. It accepts PNG, JPG, BMP, and GIF, preserves transparency, and provides a live side-by-side preview with synced zoom. Its tracer builds a connected mosaic, fitting shared boundaries once to avoid gaps or overlaps; it can represent straight edges as true lines and circles as exact arcs. Sub-pixel placement positions boundaries between pixels rather than snapping them to the pixel grid. Users can export SVGs or copy them to the clipboard for design and cutting software. Photo tracing can create stylized posterized vector art with a chosen number of colors. The maker says processing happens locally, images are not uploaded, and the app works offline without an account. Vecto is MIT-licensed and available free to download or build. The graphical application is Windows-only; Linux and macOS downloads are command-line tools for tracing, batch jobs, and benchmarking. A Microsoft Store version costs $7.99, paid once.

VTracer turns raster images such as JPG and PNG into compact SVG vector graphics. It handles graphics and photographs, with support for high-resolution scans as well as low-resolution pixel art. Its color-processing pipeline can retain colors or constrain output to a fixed palette or maximum color count. Users can choose a web app, desktop app, or command-line tool; developers can also use a Rust library, Python native extension, or Node.js WebAssembly package. The web app accepts images by drag-and-drop, paste, or file selection, with clustering and curve-fitting controls. Desktop features include an A/B comparator, curve inspector, curve simplification, seam-free cutout, watershed clustering, adaptive black-and-white thresholding, and fixed palettes. The command-line tool supports presets, clustering options, curve-fitting modes, and output optimization. The Node.js package decodes PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, and WebP; other formats can be separately decoded and supplied as raw RGBA pixels. VTracer is free and open source under the MIT license, with desktop downloads for Windows, macOS, and Linux.