Open-source vectorizer InkVec beats VTracer, runs in under 2 seconds on CPU

incorporo · reddit · 2026-09-22

Developer incorporo released InkVec, an Apache 2.0 Rust-based raster-to-vector tool claiming open-source SoTA on the Pareto frontier.

Key points:

• Runs in under 2 seconds on CPU standalone, chains recent math papers to beat VTracer with native gradient support
• Ships two sister models: a denoiser for JPEG/WEBP/VAE outputs and an SVG-trained super-resolution model
• Plans to train a GNN and challenge Vectorizer.ai within a week
• Argues LLM-based raster-to-vector approaches are overkill; classical vectorizers plus small specialized refinement models suffice
• Available on GitHub, as a ComfyUI node, and as a WebAssembly demo on Hugging Face; seeking beta testers

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