Effective Favicon Generator

A compact tool for generating a comprehensive set of modern favicons. Simply provide a folder containing SVG files (a single SVG file is also acceptable), and the generator will automatically produce the recommended favicon variants based on How to Favicon in 2024: Six files that fit most needs.

Usage

effective-favicon <directory>

The command expects one or more SVG files within the specified directory. It generates various output files using the same base name with different postfixes and extensions. For example:

Given one source file e.g.:

awesome-company.svg

these assets are created dynamically in the same folder:

• Optimized SVG Icon: awesome-company-opt.svg - an optimized version of the source SVG.
• Classic Favicon: awesome-company.ico - includes 16px and 32px icons.
• Apple Touch Icon: awesome-company-180.png
• Web Manifest Icons:
  • awesome-company-192.png
  • awesome-company-512.png
• ReactComponent: AwesomeCompany.tsx - for registering all created assets

Command Line Interface

effective-favicon <fileOrFolder> [options]

Arguments

• <fileOrFolder>: The file or folder to process (required).

Options

• --png-quality <quality>: Set PNG quality. Default is 95.
• --manifest-icon-sizes <sizes>: Set manifest icon sizes (comma-separated). Default is "192,512".
• --apple-icon-sizes <sizes>: Set Apple icon sizes (comma-separated). Default is "152,167,180".
• --fav-icon-sizes <sizes>: Set favicon sizes (comma-separated). Default is "16,32".

Examples

Basic Usage

Process a file or folder with default settings:

effective-favicon myFolder

Custom PNG Quality

Specify custom PNG quality:

effective-favicon myFolder --png-quality 70-80

Custom Icon Sizes

Specify custom icon sizes:

effective-favicon myFolder --manifest-icon-sizes 144,256 --apple-icon-sizes 120,144,180 --fav-icon-sizes 16,48

Help

For more information, use the help flag:

effective-favicon --help

This will display detailed usage information and available options.

Tech Stack

• sharp: Image resizing and conversion. Sharp is a high-performance image processing library that allows for fast and efficient image manipulation.
• svgo: SVG optimization. SVGO is a Node.js-based tool for optimizing SVG vector graphics files, reducing their size without compromising quality.

License

Apache License; Version 2.0, January 2004

Copyright

Copyright 2023-2024
Sebastian Software GmbH