pysvgenius

✨ Pysvgenius ✨

Text ➜ SVG | Image ➜ SVG | Smart SVG Resizing
Turn your text or images into optimized, scalable SVGs effortlessly.

📖 Description

Pysvgenius is a powerful Python library designed for generating and optimizing scalable vector graphics (SVGs). It provides an end‑to‑end workflow that includes:

• Text‑to‑SVG: Generate SVG illustrations directly from text prompts.

• Image‑to‑SVG: Convert raster images into clean, scalable vector graphics.

• Smart SVG Optimization & Resizing: Optimize paths and file size while preserving visual quality.

With Pysvgenius, you can effortlessly create high‑quality SVGs for design, AI applications, and modern web projects, ensuring both scalability and efficiency.

🖼️ Demo

Input	Text-to-Image	Image-to-SVG	Optimized SVG
"A lighthouse overlooking the ocean"
"A serene Asian dragon"
"Futuristic skyscraper with neon lights"

🖥️ System Requirements

To install and run pysvgenius smoothly, we recommend the following minimum setup:

• OS: Linux / macOS / Windows 10+ (x86_64)
• Python: 3.10 or higher
• CPU: 4 cores (Intel i5/Ryzen 5 or higher)
• RAM: 16 GB minimum (24 GB recommended for large models)
• Storage: ~30 GB for models & caches
• GPU: NVIDIA GPU with CUDA 11+ for faster generation and DiffVG optimization
  • Recommended: 16 GB VRAM or more

⚡ Tip: CPU-only mode works but is slower for image generation and optimization.

📦 Installation

# Basic installation
pip install pysvgenius

# With OpenAI CLIP support
pip install git+https://github.com/openai/CLIP.git

🔧 (Optional) Build DiffVG and Diff-JPEG for Optimizer

To use advanced SVG optimization features, you need to build diffvg from source.

# 1. DiffVG (SVG optimizer)
git clone https://github.com/BachiLi/diffvg.git
cd diffvg

git submodule update --init --recursive

pip install svgwrite
pip install svgpathtools
pip install cssutils
pip install numba
pip install torch-tools
pip install visdom

python setup.py install

# 2. Diff-JPEG (Differentiable JPEG compression)
pip install git+https://github.com/necla-ml/Diff-JPEG

🚀 Usage

1️⃣ Text-to-SVG Generation

Generate SVGs directly from text prompts using the built-in generator:

from pysvgenius.generator import load_generator
from pysvgenius.common import registry

# List all available generator models
print(registry.list_generator())  

# Load the generator (example: SDXL-Turbo)
generator = load_generator("sdxl-turbo")

# Generate 5 SVGs from a text prompt
images = generator("A lighthouse overlooking the ocean", num_images=5)

# images is a list of PIL.Image objects or SVG paths depending on the mode
for idx, img in enumerate(images):
    img.save(f"lighthouse_{idx}.png")

2️⃣ Image-to-SVG Converter

Convert images to SVG paths with the built-in converters:

from pysvgenius.converter import load_converter
from pysvgenius.common import registry

# List all available converters
print(registry.list_converter())

# Load the converter (example: VTracer Binary Search)
converter = load_converter("vtracer-binary-search")

# Convert an image to SVG paths
# `image` can be a PIL.Image or a path to an image
svgs = converter(image, limit=10000)

# `svgs` is a list of SVG path strings
for idx, svg in enumerate(svgs):
    with open(f"output_{idx}.svg", "w") as f:
        f.write(svg)

3️⃣ SVG Ranking (Optional)

After generating SVG candidates, you can rank them using different strategies:

• Aesthetic Ranker → Scores based on visual aesthetics.
• SigLIP Ranker → Scores based on semantic similarity to a text prompt.

from pysvgenius import setup_path
from pysvgenius.ranker import load_ranker
from pysvgenius.common import registry

# ✅ Setup paths (run ONCE at the start of your script)
setup_path()

# Check available rankers
print(registry.list_ranker())

# Load rankers
aesthetic_ranker = load_ranker("aesthetic")
siglip_ranker = load_ranker("siglip")

# Rank purely by visual aesthetics (top 5 SVGs)
aesthetic_results, score = aesthetic_ranker(svgs=svgs, top_k=5)

# Rank by semantic similarity to a text prompt (top 1 SVG)
prompt = "a serene Asian dragon flying over green mountains"
siglip_results, score = siglip_ranker(svgs=svgs, prompt=prompt, top_k=1)

print("Aesthetic Ranking:", aesthetic_results)
print("SigLIP Ranking:", siglip_results)

4️⃣ Optimize SVGs with DiffVG (Optional)

from pysvgenius.optimizer import load_optimizer
from pysvgenius import load_config, setup_path

# Initialize paths and configuration
setup_path()                     # Run once before loading any model
config = load_config()           # Load default configuration
args = config.optimizer_cfg["diffvg"]["args"]  # Get DiffVG optimizer arguments

# Load the DiffVG Optimizer
optimizer = load_optimizer("diffvg")

# Optimize the SVG based on the original image
# ⚠ Note: 'limit' should match the converter's limit for the best results
optimized_svg = optimizer(
    svg=svgs[0],         # Input SVG
    image=image,         # Original image for comparison
    args=args,           # Optimizer arguments
    limit=20000          # Sampling points, ideally the same as converter's limit
)

📂 Project Structure

pysvgenius/
├── src/
│   ├── generator/          # Text-to-image generation models
│   │   ├── sdxl_turbo_generator.py
│   │   ├── factory.py
│   │   └── base.py
│   ├── converter/          # Image-to-SVG conversion
│   │   ├── vtracer.py
│   │   ├── factory.py
│   │   └── base.py
│   ├── ranker/            # Aesthetic & similarity ranking
│   │   ├── aesthetic_ranker.py
│   │   ├── siglip_ranker.py
│   │   ├── paligemma_ranker.py
│   │   ├── factory.py
│   │   └── base.py
│   ├── optimizer/         # SVG optimization with DiffVG
│   │   ├── diffvg_optimizer.py
│   │   ├── factory.py
│   │   └── base.py
│   ├── utils/             # Utilities and helpers
│   │   ├── image_utils.py
│   │   ├── svg_utils.py
│   │   └── logger.py
│   └── services/          # Service layer
├── configs/               # Configuration files
│   └── configs.yaml
├── models/               # Pre-trained model cache
├── data/                 # Test data and results
│   ├── test/            # Sample input files
│   └── results/         # Output results
├── notebooks/            # Example notebooks

📚 References & Acknowledgments

This project builds upon the amazing work of the following projects and research:

• VTracer – Vector image tracer

  • GitHub

• CLIP – Connecting vision and language

  • OpenAI CLIP

• Improved Aesthetic Predictor

  • GitHub

• DiffVG – Differentiable Vector Graphics

  • Li, Tzu-Mao, et al. "Differentiable Vector Graphics Rasterization for Editing and Learning."
    Paper | GitHub

• Hugging Face Transformers – Model hosting and inference

  • Hugging Face

• Kaggle: Drawing with LLMs – Discussion and inspiration

  • Kaggle Discussion

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request.