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I Built a Browser-Only Image Vectorizer with WebAssembly

DEV Community·Scofield Eric·21 days ago
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Most online image vectorizers have the same uncomfortable tradeoff: upload your file, wait for a server to process it, then hope the SVG export is not locked behind a paywall or covered with a watermark. That feels especially wrong for the common cases I care about: A designer has a client's logo as a low-resolution PNG. A developer needs a quick SVG icon from a raster asset. A maker wants a clean SVG for Cricut, laser cutting, or print-on-demand. Someone has a signature, sketch, or line drawing that should never touch a random server. So I built Vectorize Image : a free image-to-SVG converter that runs entirely in the browser. No upload. No account. No watermark. The input image stays on your device. What it does The tool takes a PNG, JPG, or WebP file and turns it into a downloadable SVG. The first version is intentionally narrow: Upload PNG, JPG, or WebP up to 10 MB. Choose one of three presets: Logo, Sketch, or Photo. Preview the original and vector result side by side. Download the SVG.…

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