SVG Path Editor
Shares rank 4 of 8 vector graphics editors by recommenders
Free tool for editing individual SVG path commands while keeping clean integer coordinates. No critical caveats were recorded.
Free tool for editing individual SVG path commands while keeping clean integer coordinates. No critical caveats were recorded.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Clean, minimal SVG path output
“I like that it does not produce crude floating point numbers, but keeps the clean integers.”
Comment from 28 Jan 2026 in “SVG Path Editor” “used it many times to create SVGs that had nice code”
Comment from 6 May 2026 in “Inkscape 1.4.4” “a tool to craft minimalistic well-behaved SVG paths”
Comment from 6 May 2026 in “Inkscape 1.4.4” Editing individual path commands easily
“I use this often when I need to work with individual path commands”
Comment from 28 Jan 2026 in “SVG Path Editor” “I like how it highlights the commands when you hover over them”
Comment from 28 Jan 2026 in “SVG Path Editor” Saves effort on path work
“super effortless one-click instantaneous install process”
Comment from 28 Jan 2026 in “SVG Path Editor” “This tool would have made my life so much easier!”
Comment from 28 Jan 2026 in “SVG Path Editor”
Other vector graphics editors people recommend
The four most recommended other vector graphics editors, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inkscape | 95 | 24 | 80% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Adobe Illustrator | 17 | 20 | 46% | 10 | — | — |
| Affinity Designer | 14 | 3 | 82% | 9 | — | Approved |
| SVG Path EditorThis page | 8 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| VectorNest | 8 | 1 | 89% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“used it many times to create SVGs that had nice code”
“a tool to craft minimalistic well-behaved SVG paths”
“super effortless one-click instantaneous install process”
“I like that it does not produce crude floating point numbers, but keeps the clean integers.”
“This tool would have made my life so much easier!”
“I use this often when I need to work with individual path commands”
“I like how it highlights the commands when you hover over them”
“cool stuff, the favicon could even replicate the current svg state”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.