Tools for Optimizing SVG

Command Line Tools

The biggest (and maybe only?) player in this space: SVGO . It's even used under the hood of other tools.

Using with a Task Runner

• grunt-svgmin
• gulp-svgmin
• gulp-svgo
• svgo-loader (webpack)

Desktop Apps

• ImageOptim (macOS)
• macOS "folder action"
• Before macOS 10.15 Catalina, you could use SVGO GUI , but it's 32-bit which makes it obsolete.

There are generic app for optimizing images on Windows and Linux, but I haven't yet confirmed any of them do SVG.

Web Apps

The idea with these tools is that you have an SVG on your machine and you upload it to this web app to optimize this one SVG.

• SVGOMG
• Nano
• Kraken
• SVG Minifier
• SVG optimiser
• svg-editor

Deep Dive Articles

• Michelle Barker: Optimising SVGs for the Web
• Jayden Seric: How to optimize SVG
• Sara Soueidan: Tips for Creating and Exporting Better SVGs for the Web & Useful SVGO[ptimization] Tools
• Cosima Mielke: Tools And Resources For Editing, Converting And Optimizing SVG
•  Jake Giltsoff: SVG on the Web, Preparing & Optimising
• Andreas Larsen: Optimising SVGs for Web Use
• Josh Stoik: Optimizing SVGs For Web Use

Manual/Hand SVG Optimization Work

• Raymond Schwartz: Understanding and Manually Improving SVG Optimization
• Amberd Design Studio: How to Optimize an SVG File Step-by-Step
• Video from us: Reducing vector points in Illustrator
• Video from Kevin Powell: How to create, clean up, and optimize an SVG
• Presentation by Brenda Storer: Cracking the SVG Code
• Dudley Storey: SVG Optimisation: The Basics