App · 2026

Vectron

A free tool that turns an ordinary image into a proper SVG, entirely in your browser. Eight sensible presets, nine controls that are actually named after what they do, and a queue for when you have forty logos rather than one. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.

Launch Project Deep Dive

The Mission

Take the flat image a client sent as a 'logo' and hand back editable vector shapes a few seconds later, for nothing, without any of it touching a server.

Nothing uploadedWorks offlineNo sign-up, no cost

Vectron landing page showing a raster illustration being converted to a vector line drawing — Free & privateA flat client illustration traced to clean, editable SVG, entirely in the browser.

// The Problem

The Challenge

Most image-to-SVG tools get at least one thing wrong. Some upload your files to a server. Some label their controls things like 'splice threshold' and expect you to know what that means. Some make you pay before you can do more than one file or export at a decent size. What was missing was a fast, private one that explains itself and does not fall over when you give it a folder.

// The Approach

The Solution

The tracer is VTracer compiled to WebAssembly, running in a Web Worker so the interface stays responsive. Dragging a slider updates the picture at around 60fps but only actually re-traces once you pause, and cancels the previous trace if you carry on fiddling. Every control has a plain label, a sentence explaining it, the raw VTracer flag for anyone who wants it, and three small Low/Mid/High examples you can click to apply.

The compare viewer has Split, A/B, Side-by-side and Fade, all over one fixed frame so nothing jumps about. You can click a colour in the palette to fold it into its nearest neighbour, there are keyboard shortcuts for the eight presets, undo for every setting, and a batch queue with 'apply to all' and a zipped 'export all'. It is a static Nuxt 4 site on Cloudflare, which keeps the running costs close to nothing.

// The Details

Screens & Details

The interactions that make the project what it is.

Vectron detailed-illustration and plain-English controls panels — 01Controls named after what they do to the picture, not the engine

Vectron "why we made it" section with three reasons — 02Better tracing, editable output, no paywall

Vectron closing call-to-action band — 03Drag a file over. Worst case, you've lost ten seconds

Vectron on a mobile viewport — 04Single-screen layout, no media queries

// The Scope

What Shipped

Delivered & live

Engine in the browser

WASM tracing in a Worker

✓VTracer compiled to WebAssembly✓Runs in a Web Worker, off the main thread✓~60fps slider streaming in the UI✓120ms debounce + in-flight cancellation

Plain-English controls

Nine settings, no jargon

✓Plain-language label for every parameter✓One-sentence explanation plus the raw flag✓Low / Mid / High swatches apply on click✓Per-setting undo

Compare & refine

See the trace, then decide

✓Split, A/B, side-by-side and fade modes✓One fixed canvas frame✓Editable colour palette, merge on click✓Live path count, trace time and byte size

Presets & batch

One image or forty

✓Eight one-click presets✓Keyboard shortcuts 1-8✓Batch queue with apply-to-all✓Zipped export-all

Ship

Static, free, no sign-up

✓Statically generated Nuxt 4 site✓Cloudflare hosting✓Copy SVG markup or download✓PNG / JPEG / GIF / WEBP / BMP / TIFF up to 8000px

Open for work

Have something that needs
building properly?

A shop that actually sells things, some awkward bit of logic nobody else wants to touch, or just a second opinion on what you already have. The workshop is open.