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vtracer
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visioncortex / vtracer

vtracer

Raster to Vector Graphics Converter

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7.5KGitHub stars
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Raster to Vector Graphics Converter

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 6:01:32 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year7 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2020-11-01 13:47:40 UTC to 2026-10-13 17:36:13 UTC.

012342020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments20232024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202

What Hacker News says

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TIL about https://github.com/fogleman/primitive from "Comparison of raster-to-vector conversion software" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_raster-to-vector... which does already list vtracer (2020) visioncortex/vtracer: https://github.com/visioncortex/vtracer Vector graphics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_graphics Rotoscoping: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotoscoping Sprite (computer graphics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_(computer_graphics) E.g. pygame-web can do SVG sprites; so that you don't have to do pixel art and sprite scaling just works. 2.5D: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2.5D 3D scanning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_scanning "Why Cities: Skylines 2 performs poorly" (2023) ... No AutoLOD Level of Depth https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38160089 Wavetale is a 3D game with extensive and visually
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impressive vector graphics.
In Vtracer: Next-Gen Raster-to-Vector Conversion
It doesn't seem to do all that well on blueprint type line art.[1] It seems to do a lot better when it has areas to separate. Which is not surprising, considering the approach. This is about as well as I was doing on scanned engineering drawings in 1983. I wrote Autodesk's CAD/Camera. 20 minutes of compute to process a drawing on an IBM PC/AT. You can be too early. By now, a product in that space should be recognizing not just lines, but dimensions, and generating a properly dimensioned CAD model. [1] https://github.com/visioncortex/vtracer/blob/master/docs/ima...
In Vtracer: Next-Gen Raster-to-Vector Conversion

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