Vecto traces PNG and JPG images — logos, icons, illustrations, scans — into editable SVG with exact circles, true straight lines, and zero gaps between shapes. Open source, and it runs on your machine.
One file, no install — v0.4.2 · MIT · CLI for Linux & macOS · nothing uploaded, no account
The original and the vector, side by side — synced zoom, live re-trace on every setting change.
Most free converters leave hairline gaps, wobbly curves and lumpy circles. Vecto's engine was built around not doing that.
Vecto treats your image as one connected mosaic: every boundary between two shapes is fitted once and shared by both sides. The hairline cracks other converters leave between colors are structurally impossible — print it, cut it, scale it to a billboard.
Straight edges come out as truly straight lines. Circles, dots and rounded caps come out as mathematically exact arcs — not wobbly 40-point approximations. Logos and icons keep the geometry they were designed with.
Anti-aliasing encodes where the real edge sits between pixels. Vecto reads it and places every boundary at sub-pixel precision instead of snapping to the pixel grid.
Everything runs on your computer — nothing is uploaded, no account exists, and it works offline. Client logos and unreleased artwork never leave your machine.
A logo traces in a blink; even a 4K photo takes seconds. Every setting change re-traces live in a side-by-side view, so you adjust by looking, not by trial-and-export.
MIT-licensed and fully open source — no trial clock, no watermark, no “pro” tier holding the good output hostage. Buy it on the Store to support development, or read and build the code yourself.
No tracing dialogs with thirty sliders.
Drop in any image. Open, drag & drop, or paste with Ctrl+V — PNG, JPG, BMP or GIF. Transparency is preserved.
Watch it trace, live. The vector appears next to the original with synced zoom. Adjust colors, style or detail and it re-traces instantly.
Take your SVG. Export a file or copy to the clipboard, then paste into Figma, Illustrator, Inkscape or your cutting software.
The same engine ships as the vecto command-line tool — batch jobs, build pipelines, Linux and macOS.
Deterministic by design — the same input always produces the byte-identical SVG.
An honest comparison with the tools people actually use for vectorization.
| Vecto | potrace / Inkscape | Illustrator Image Trace | Vector Magic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free · $7.99 | Free | Subscription | Paid |
| Full color | ✅ | ⚠️ layer stacking | ✅ | ✅ |
| Gap & overlap-free output | ✅ by construction | ❌ | ⚠️ | ✅ |
| Exact lines & circles | ✅ | lines only | ❌ | ❌ |
| Open source | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Headless CLI + benchmark | ✅ | CLI only | ❌ | ❌ |
One click and $7.99 on the Microsoft Store, or the free open-source build direct.
Windows 10 / 11 · one-click install
Get on the Store — $7.99Auto-updates, signed & certified, and it directly supports development.
10 / 11 · 64-bit · desktop app
Get the app (.exe)Free, unsigned — you update it yourself.
App + CLI portable ZIP also available
Apple Silicon & Intel · command-line tracer
Get the CLIApple Silicon build — Intel build on the releases page
New unsigned apps make Windows SmartScreen cautious on first run — choose More info → Run anyway. SHA-256 checksums for every file are in the release notes, and you can always read the source or build it yourself.
Both, and there's no catch either way. The Microsoft Store version is $7.99 — one-click install, automatic updates, a signed app, and it directly supports development. Vecto is also open source under the MIT license, so you can download the same app free from GitHub or build it yourself. No trial clock, watermark or crippled tier anywhere — you're paying for convenience and to support the work, not for features.
Never. Vecto is a desktop app — tracing runs entirely on your computer and works with the network cable unplugged.
Potrace-style tracers vectorize each color as a separate stacked layer, which leaves hairline gaps and overlaps where colors meet. Vecto traces the image as one connected mosaic — every boundary is computed once and shared by both neighboring shapes, so gaps can't exist. It also recognizes straight lines and circles and emits them as exact geometry.
Yes, in a stylized way — photos become posterized vector art with a chosen number of colors (there's a dedicated photo style). For logos, icons and illustrations the trace aims to be faithful. One tip for everything: feed the highest-resolution image you have — quality scales with input size.
The full tracing engine ships as the vecto command-line tool for Linux and macOS — trace, batch and benchmark from any terminal. The graphical app is Windows-only today; a cross-platform version is on the roadmap.
Open or paste it in Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape or Affinity and edit every shape. Send it to a laser cutter or cutting plotter. Put it on a website. Print it at any size — business card to billboard — with no loss of sharpness.