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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