littleSVG For Mac

As we are sure you already know, SVGs (short for Scalable Vector Graphics) are vector-based graphic files that support both interactivity and animation.

Because of their qualities like scalability and responsive techniques, SVG are nowadays the perfect format for web images, as they can easily scaly any size to fit any web page, regardless of the device used to access the website in question.

littleSVG is a stripped down yet very efficient OS X utility that makes it possible for you to  optimize your SVG and SVGZ files by drastically reducing their sizes.

The first thing you should probably know is the fact that littleSVG uses a lossless optimization method, which translates into final output files up to 60% of their original sizes.

Another noteworthy feature is the fact that littleSVG was designed to shrink SVG files that were created using editors like Inkscape or Illustrator, but, during our tests, we have found the app to be just as effective with all SVG files we've tried to compress.

Once you start the application, you will be greeted by an interface that would be best described as stripped down and minimalist.

Also quite simple is the way you interact with littleSVG: in order to start reducing the sizes of your SVG files, you must simply drag and drop them from the Finder onto its interface, click the “Optimize>>” button, and choose a destination for the output files.

What you see is what you get is the one thing you should know before getting to work with littleSVG, and, in this case, this is not a downside as the app manages to shrink large numbers of SVG files in just a few seconds, without any kind of complaints.

If you are working with large numbers of SVG files and you find yourself constantly needing to reduce their sizes, for example to optimize the loading times for your website, then you should totally give  littleSVG a chance to prove itself.