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HeyUtils SVG Workbench

🍀 Directory Note

"A free browser tool that formats, minifies, and optimizes static SVG files, with a before-and-after comparison before you apply any change."

About HeyUtils SVG Workbench

SVG Workbench is a free tool on HeyUtils for cleaning up static SVG files such as icons and simple illustrations. Paste a complete SVG document and it prepares a formatted, minified, or optimized candidate: formatting and minification are built in, and SVGO-based numeric and path optimization is optional and off by default. The candidate is shown beside the original with byte counts, and nothing changes until you apply it; an undo restores the previous source. ViewBox, IDs, title, and desc are kept by default, so routine cleanup does not remove sizing information or accessible descriptions.

The limits are stated plainly on the tool page. Input is capped at 1 MiB, 20,000 nodes, and 100 levels of nesting, and processing stays in the browser. Only static SVG is accepted: scripts, event handlers, animations, and external references are rejected. It is not a general SVG sanitizer and not an animation or vector editor, so artwork that needs those jobs belongs in a different tool. A transparent PNG export at a chosen width is included for destinations that need pixels instead of vectors.

Primary Use Cases

  • 1
    Shrinking hand-exported icon SVGs before shipping them on a site
  • 2
    Reviewing what an optimizer changed before replacing the original file
  • 3
    Exporting a transparent PNG of an icon at an exact pixel width

Technical Data

Input limit

1 MiB, 20,000 nodes, 100 nesting levels

Processing

In the browser; external resources are blocked

Optimization

Formatting and minification built in; optional SVGO numeric and path optimization

Export

Optimized SVG, or transparent PNG up to 4096 px per side

Preserved by default

viewBox, IDs, title, desc

Source

heyutils.com/tools/svg-workbench (checked October 2026)

Directory Analysis & Suitability

Key Advantages

  • Candidate is compared against the original before anything is applied, with an undo after applying
  • Keeps viewBox, IDs, title, and desc by default, so cleanup does not strip sizing or accessibility text
  • Processing stays in the browser and the tool is free to use

Considerations

  • Static SVG only: scripted, animated, or externally referenced artwork is rejected
  • Not a general SVG sanitizer and not a vector editor; shape editing belongs elsewhere
  • Input is capped at 1 MiB and 20,000 nodes, so large illustrations need a build tool instead

Platform Compatibility

Web Environment

Runs in the browser at heyutils.com; pasted SVG is processed locally.

Mobile & Touch

Browser-based with no app; larger files are easier to review on a bigger screen.

Desktop Software

Browser-based with no install; fits alongside a desktop SVG editor.

Publisher-Listed Usage
Not independently verified
Developed By
HeyUtils
License Type
Proprietary free web tool
Access Model
Proprietary