SVG Viewer

SVG Viewer opens scalable vector files the way a native Mac app should: instantly, at full quality,

without uploading anything to a website or launching a design suite you don't need.

WHAT IT DOES

• Opens .svg and compressed .svgz files — double-click, drag and drop, or File > Open

• True vector zoom, so lines stay sharp no matter how far in you go

• Mini Map that shows where you are in large artwork — click or drag it to jump

• Any background colour, so you can check transparency against white, black or your brand colour

• Clean printing with the interface hidden and colours preserved

• Light and Dark mode, following your system

WHY IT'S DIFFERENT

Most viewers fail silently. If a file uses something no browser engine can draw — Inkscape flowed

text, auto-wrapped SVG 2 text, an icon sprite sheet, or images linked instead of embedded — you get

a blank canvas and no explanation.

SVG Viewer tells you exactly what it found and what to change to fix it. It also repairs damaged

files where it can, and says so, instead of rendering nonsense.

BUILT FOR REAL FILES

Tested against genuine output from Adobe Illustrator and Pixelmator Pro across many versions, plus

Inkscape, Figma, Sketch, Affinity, CorelDRAW, draw.io and matplotlib. Legacy text encodings,

XML entity definitions and physical units (mm, cm, in, pt) all handled correctly.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN

Your files never leave your Mac. Scripts embedded in an SVG are blocked, and remote content is

blocked by a strict content policy. Sandboxed, and under a megabyte.