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Convert bitmap to vector graphics. Version 0.31.10 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-06.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install autotrace

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install autotrace

MacPorts ports tree · graphics/autotrace/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install autotrace

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · autotrace · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#autotrace

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/au/autotrace/package.nix · source: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install autotrace

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · autotrace · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Convert bitmap to vector graphics

Commands and aliases

  • autotrace

history

Project history and usage

AutoTrace is a bitmap-to-vector converter and library. It sits in the same practical family as potrace and vectorization tools, turning raster images into formats such as SVG, EPS, PDF, DXF, and related vector outputs.

Project history

The official README says AutoTrace was originally developed by Martin Weber and that some code was derived from GNU fontutils' `limn`, although most was rewritten. That origin explains both the traditional Unix graphics-tool feel and the split between command-line utility and embeddable library.

The modern GitHub repository was created in 2013 and carries the project forward with build automation, cross-platform CI, translation infrastructure, and package-manager installation notes. The README also identifies `libautotrace` as a library interface, with the program under GPL and the library under LGPL.

Adoption history

AutoTrace has survived mostly as a packaging and interoperability tool rather than as a glossy end-user application. The official README lists Homebrew, MacPorts, Fedora/RHEL, Arch, FreeBSD, and Windows release installers; the input additionally records Nix and zypper packages.

Its adoption is helped by broad input and output format support, especially when built with ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick. That makes it a convenient package for scripts, conversion pipelines, and graphics experiments where a CLI vectorizer is easier to depend on than a desktop drawing program.

How it is used

The basic CLI pattern is `autotrace input.png -output-file output.svg`, with options for centerline tracing and color reduction. The README points users to `autotrace --help` and the man page for the full option set.

Developers can also call `libautotrace` through C headers and pkg-config, reading a bitmap and writing splines through output handlers. This dual CLI/library shape is why it appears in both user-facing package managers and build-time dependency lists.

Why package nerds care

AutoTrace is package-nerd relevant because image vectorization has many optional format dependencies and old graphics-library edges. Maintainers have to care about ImageMagick versus GraphicsMagick support, GLib, gettext translations, platform build systems, and whether users expect both the `autotrace` binary and `libautotrace` development files.

Timeline

  • Pre-2013: Original AutoTrace development by Martin Weber, with lineage from GNU fontutils' `limn`.
  • 2013: GitHub repository created for the continuing autotrace project.
  • 2018-2020: CI-era tags in the GitHub repository show renewed automation activity.
  • 2020s: README documents package-manager installation and Windows installers from GitHub releases.

Related projects

  • GNU fontutils limn: upstream notes code lineage.
  • frontline: upstream README lists it as an inactive GUI frontend.
  • ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick: optional format providers for additional input support.
  • potrace: a related bitmap tracing tool in the same packaging niche.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 12 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 6 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
autotracecliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.31.10
manager updated2026-07-06
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected0.31.10

https://github.com/autotrace/autotrace

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:autotrace
Version0.31.10
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/autotrace
Homepagehttps://autotrace.sourceforge.net/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/autotrace/autotrace
Upstream docshttps://github.com/autotrace/autotrace#readme
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
Source archivehttps://github.com/autotrace/autotrace/archive/refs/tags/0.31.10.tar.gz
Last updated2026-07-06T11:06:08Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesfontconfig, freetype, gettext, glib, imagemagick, liblqr, libomp, libpng, libtiff, libtool, little-cms2, pstoedit
Build dependenciesautoconf, automake, gettext, intltool, libtool, pkgconf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameautotrace
Version Scheme0
Revision2
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

autotrace

nix profile install nixpkgs#autotrace
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Autotrace
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/au/autotrace/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
dnf95%

autotrace 0.31.9-17.fc45

Utility for converting bitmaps to vector graphics

http://autotrace.sourceforge.net/

sudo dnf install autotrace
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later and LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: autotrace
  • 7 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Autotrace
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: autotrace from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

autotrace-devel 0.31.9-17.fc45

Header files for autotrace

http://autotrace.sourceforge.net/

sudo dnf install autotrace-devel
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later and LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: autotrace
  • 6 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Autotrace
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: autotrace-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

autotrace 0.31.10-1.4

Program for Converting Bitmaps to Vector Graphics

https://github.com/autotrace/autotrace

sudo zypper install autotrace
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: autotrace
  • 7 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Autotrace
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: autotrace from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

autotrace-devel 0.31.10-1.4

Library for converting bitmaps to vector graphics

https://github.com/autotrace/autotrace

sudo zypper install autotrace-devel
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: autotrace
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Autotrace
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: autotrace-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

autotrace-lang 0.31.10-1.4

Translations for package autotrace

https://github.com/autotrace/autotrace

sudo zypper install autotrace-lang
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: System/Localization
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: autotrace
  • 1 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Autotrace
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: autotrace-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

libautotrace3 0.31.10-1.4

Library for converting bitmaps to vector graphics

https://github.com/autotrace/autotrace

sudo zypper install libautotrace3
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: System/Libraries
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: autotrace
  • 2 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Autotrace
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libautotrace3 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

autotrace

sudo port install autotrace
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Autotrace
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: graphics/autotrace/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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Related tools

  • fontconfigRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • freetypeRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gettextRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • glibRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • imagemagickRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libpngRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • autoconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • automakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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