Open Source Favicon Generation & Optimisation in 2022

• scour

  5 738 0.0 Python

  Scour - An SVG Optimizer / Cleaner

  

The script optimised the SVG using Scour. This removes some metadata and also shortens IDs as well as strip out comments. For the PNG files we used OptiPNG on the maximum optimisation setting. This can be slow on larger files, but for favicons should not take long. Here’s the before and after comparison of files sizes for a particular favicon, using the script:

• optipng-bin

  4 98 4.7 JavaScript

  optipng bin-wrapper that makes it seamlessly available as a local dependency

  

The script optimised the SVG using Scour. This removes some metadata and also shortens IDs as well as strip out comments. For the PNG files we used OptiPNG on the maximum optimisation setting. This can be slow on larger files, but for favicons should not take long. Here’s the before and after comparison of files sizes for a particular favicon, using the script:

• InfluxDB

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  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• open-source-favicon-generation

  1 7 0.0 Shell

  Open source favicon generation: create your favicon from scratch then optimise it for modern and legacy browsers using free apps in 2022.

Let me know if you have some ideas for optimising the script itself. Also reach out if there are other tools you use, which other readers might benefit from. You can drop a comment below as well as reach out in the Element chat or on Twitter. You can also see the open source favicon generation script in the Rodney Lab GitHub repo.

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