A vector editor that runs free in your browser.
Install the app to supercharge it.

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.

Two ways to run it

Same editor, same open-source code. The desktop build adds the things a browser fundamentally can’t do.

Free · in the browser

hector-vector.com

  • The complete vector editor
  • Place reference images to trace over
  • Web fonts + text → outlines
  • Open .svg · export SVG / PNG
  • Zero install · any browser · private (nothing leaves the tab)
Desktop · open source

The download

  • Everything in the browser build, plus:
  • AI image pipeline — upscale, background removal, vectorize, restore
  • Batch job queue
  • Local library + projects with full undo history
  • Pro typography (2000+ fonts, complex scripts) · fully offline

Full comparison

Everything, honestly. full · 🟡 reduced · desktop-only.

Vector editing — identical everywhere
FeatureBrowserDesktop
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
Text
FeatureBrowserDesktop
System fonts
Web-font browse & apply🟡 ~86 Google✅ 2000+
Convert text → outlines🟡 Latin✅ full shaping
Raster images
FeatureBrowserDesktop
Place / embed a reference image (drag, drop, paste)
Process — vectorize, upscale, background removal, restore
Documents & storage
FeatureBrowserDesktop
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
AI / raster pipeline — the download’s reason to exist
FeatureBrowserDesktop
Upscale (Real-ESRGAN / spandrel / AuraSR)
Background removal (rembg / BiRefNet / BEN2)
Vectorize / trace (VTracer)
Restore, face-restore, object removal, batch queue
Platform
BrowserDesktop
Installnone — open a URLdownload
Offline🟡
Cost · open sourcefree · ✅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.