SVG Optimizer

SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is an XML-based vector format, so its source is plain text that browsers parse like any other markup. Files exported from Figma, Illustrator, or Sketch usually carry baggage that has no effect on rendering: HTML-style comments, the <?xml ...?> processing instruction, a <!DOCTYPE> line, and indentation added for human readability. This tool strips those with a set of regular expressions. It removes comments, the XML declaration, and the DOCTYPE; it collapses runs of whitespace to a single space and deletes whitespace between tags and before the closing bracket; and it drops xmlns: namespace declarations except the xlink one, which is still referenced by some href attributes. Because it works by pattern matching rather than parsing the XML tree, it is fast but naive — it does not simplify path data, merge attributes, reduce numeric precision, or remove unused defs and ids. It also assumes whitespace is insignificant, which is true for most icons but not for SVGs that embed <text> with preserved spacing or CDATA scripts. Treat it as a quick first pass, not a full optimizer.