Your files. Your device.

Image processing

VTrace converts images on your device using your browser. Your image files, cropped copies, palette changes, and generated results are not uploaded to a conversion server. They are held in this tab's memory and are cleared when you close or refresh it. Download your work before leaving.

Network requests and storage

The website downloads its application code and tracing engine from the hosting provider. Like other websites, that provider may receive your IP address and basic request information to serve the site and protect its infrastructure. VTrace adds no analytics, advertisements, accounts, or tracking cookies.

If you enable background removal, your browser downloads the BiRefNet Lite model from Hugging Face (approximately 183 MB). The AI runtime files are served by this website. Hugging Face and its delivery providers receive normal network request information, including your IP address. They do not receive your image from this application. The model may be cached by your browser; you can clear it using the browser's site-data settings. Standard tracing does not need that model.

Your artwork

The application does not claim ownership of your images or results. Use images you have permission to use. Vectorization is an approximation: inspect the result before using it for print, cutting, or other precision work. SVG, PDF, and EPS downloads contain vector paths. PNG downloads are raster images.

Open-source credits

• VTracer by Vision Cortex — the vector tracing engine, MIT licensed. Bundled WebAssembly derives from @visioncortex/vtracer 1.0.0-alpha.4.
• BiRefNet Lite 512 by Studio Ludens, based on BiRefNet — optional subject segmentation, MIT licensed. VTrace uses the pinned model revision 4a3c40c36c94093cc1e724d9ea428b8fa4b57dc7; its model card declares MIT. Model license and source.
• Transformers.js and ONNX Runtime — local model inference, under Apache 2.0 and MIT respectively. ONNX Runtime third-party notices.
• React, Lucide, svgpath, and JSZip — application UI, vector path normalization, and ZIP downloads. React and svgpath use MIT; Lucide includes ISC and MIT icon notices. VTrace chooses JSZip's MIT license option. The notice bundle also preserves licenses for their dependencies, including BSD, Apache 2.0, and zlib notices.

Read included software license notices and the VTracer license. This application is independent of Vectorizer.ai.