The full vector toolset — paths, booleans, text, gradients, effects — runs entirely in your browser, no account, no install, nothing leaves the tab. Download the open-source desktop app to unlock AI image processing, batch, and a local library.
Same editor, same open-source code. The desktop build adds the things a browser fundamentally can’t do.
Everything, honestly. ✅ full · 🟡 reduced · ❌ desktop-only.
| Feature | Browser | Desktop |
|---|---|---|
| Draw tools — select, node, pen, curvature, rect, ellipse, line | ✅ | ✅ |
| Live shapes (rounded-rect, polygon, star) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Booleans + Pathfinder (divide/trim/merge/crop/minus-back) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Geometric stroker · outline stroke · offset path · expand | ✅ | ✅ |
| Width tool · Shape Builder · Scissors · Knife · Eraser | ✅ | ✅ |
| Blend · clip & opacity masks · live effects (shadow/blur/glow) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Transforms · Repeat (grid/radial/mirror) · Isolation · Symbols | ✅ | ✅ |
| Gradients · pattern fills · Recolor Artwork | ✅ | ✅ |
| Layers · align · arrange · undo/history · multiple artboards | ✅ | ✅ |
| Feature | Browser | Desktop |
|---|---|---|
| System fonts | ✅ | ✅ |
| Web-font browse & apply | 🟡 ~86 Google | ✅ 2000+ |
| Convert text → outlines | 🟡 Latin | ✅ full shaping |
| Feature | Browser | Desktop |
|---|---|---|
| Place / embed a reference image (drag, drop, paste) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Process — vectorize, upscale, background removal, restore | ❌ | ✅ |
| Feature | Browser | Desktop |
|---|---|---|
| New · open .svg · export SVG/PNG · copy SVG markup | ✅ | ✅ |
| Local library (browse a folder of images/vectors) | ❌ | ✅ |
| .hv projects (document + full undo history) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Persistence across sessions | 🟡 files | ✅ on disk |
| Feature | Browser | Desktop |
|---|---|---|
| Upscale (Real-ESRGAN / spandrel / AuraSR) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Background removal (rembg / BiRefNet / BEN2) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Vectorize / trace (VTracer) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Restore, face-restore, object removal, batch queue | ❌ | ✅ |
| Browser | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Install | none — open a URL | download |
| Offline | 🟡 | ✅ |
| Cost · open source | free · ✅ | free · ✅ |
Coming next: connect the desktop app from the browser and the AI pipeline lights up right in the web editor — install to supercharge, no window-switching.