# SVGO

Node.js library and command-line application that optimizes SVG files by removing redundant information, with a browser bundle and a webpack loader.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/svgo/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://svgo.dev
- repository: https://github.com/svg/svgo
- docs: https://svgo.dev/docs/introduction/
- discord: https://discord.com/invite/z8jX8NYxrE

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Kir Belevich
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2012
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: build-tool
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 16
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local, browser
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm install -g svgo

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT, CC-BY-4.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-24

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 22772
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 46924735
- contributors: 204
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 2684916
- dependentPackages: 4475

### Sources

- urls: https://svgo.dev/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/svg/svgo (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://svgo.dev/docs/introduction/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://github.com/svg/svgo/blob/v4.1.0/package.json (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/svg/svgo (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://svgo.dev/docs/introduction/ (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://svgo.dev/docs/introduction/ (read 2026-10-28)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/svg/svgo/blob/v4.1.0/package.json (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://svgo.dev/docs/introduction/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://svgo.dev/docs/introduction/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://svgo.dev/docs/introduction/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://svgo.dev/docs/usage/browser/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://svgo.dev/docs/usage/browser/ (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://svgo.dev/docs/usage/ (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://svgo.dev/docs/usage/ (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://github.com/svg/svgo/blob/v4.1.0/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://svgo.dev/ (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/svg/svgo/blob/v4.1.0/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/svgo (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/svg/svgo/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/svg/svgo/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/svg/svgo (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/svg/svgo/contributors (read 2026-10-28)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/svgo (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/svgo (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/svgo (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

SVGO is a Node.js library and command-line application for optimizing SVG files. It can be used as a command-line application, as a Node.js library, as a browser bundle loaded through a build tool or from a CDN, and as a webpack loader that optimizes SVG imports. The npm package installs the command-line application globally or into a project, and its docs list yarn and pnpm as install routes as well.

## Worth knowing

The browser bundle runs in the visitor's browser, while the command-line application and the Node.js library run on the developer's machine or in a build step. The source code is MIT-licensed; the site states that its content and assets are under CC-BY-4.0, which is a separate license.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0