Sfsym – Export Apple SF Symbols as Vector SVG/PDF/PNG
I found myself reaching for SF Symbols' 'Copy Image As…' quite often during agentic design sessions, so I made a command-line tool that the agent can use by itself. It exports Apple SF Symbols as SVG, PDF, or PNG. The vector paths come directly from macOS's symbol renderer. Internally it reaches a private ivar on NSSymbolImageRep to get the CUINamedVectorGlyph, draws into a CGPDFContext, then walks the PDF content stream back out as SVG `d` commands. The output matches what the system draws, rather than an approximation traced from rasters. A few things about it: - Every subcommand accepts…
Sfsym – Export Apple SF Symbols as Vector SVG/PDF/PNG launched on April 18, 2026 with 29 votes, #950 of 21,248 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Sfsym is a command-line tool that exports Apple's SF Symbols as SVG, PDF, or PNG files. It extracts vector paths directly from macOS's symbol renderer rather than approximating from raster images, ensuring output matches system rendering precisely. Designed for developers and AI agents working with Apple's symbol library, the tool supports JSON output, stays synchronized with macOS updates automatically, and preserves layer information in exported SVGs.
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From the sources
Export Apple SF Symbols as SVG. Contribute to yapstudios/sfsym development by creating an account on GitHub.
A command-line tool for exporting Apple SF Symbols as SVG, PDF, or PNG. The vector paths come directly from macOS's symbol renderer, so the output is the same geometry the system draws. No Xcode project, no redraw, and no runtime dependency on SF Symbols.app. sfsym export heart.fill -f svg -o heart.svg # 569B -> heart.svg Before you use this brew install yapstudios/tap/sfsym A prebuilt universal binary. No compile step, no Xcode dependency. Runs on macOS 13 (Ventura) or later, on Apple silicon orfrom github.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
I found myself reaching for SF Symbols' 'Copy Image As…' quite often during agentic design sessions, so I made a command-line tool that the agent can use by itself. It exports Apple SF Symbols as SVG, PDF, or PNG. The vector paths come directly from macOS's symbol renderer. Internally it reaches a private ivar on…
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