pixo

Convert SVG icons into React components

npm i pixo

Pass a directory or SVG file path as the first argument.

$ pixo src --out-dir dist

Each SVG icon will be automatically optimized and renamed to a pascal case filename for the component. Icon components can then be imported into a React application.

import React from 'react'
import CheckIcon from './CheckIcon'

const App = props => (
  <div>
    <CheckIcon />
  </div>
)

The default component template includes props for:

• size (number) pixel width and height (default 24)
• color (string) color value passed to the SVG fill attribute (default 'currentcolor')

SVG Requirements

Each SVG icon must conform to the following:

• Use a square viewBox attribute, preferably 0 0 24 24
• Only use a single color (e.g. black)
• For best results, only use <path> elements
• Do not use transforms

Pixo includes experimental support for <circle>, <polygon>, and <rect> elements.

The following elements will be ignored:

• Elements within a <defs> or <clipPath>
• Elements with the fill="none" attribute
• <ellipse> elements
• <line> elements
• <polyline> elements

Converting SVG shapes into <path> elements

Most graphics applications can convert shapes into SVG paths.

• Adobe Illustrator: use the Compound Path command
• Figma: TK
• Sketch: TK

Templates

Pixo uses a default template for rendering, but includes some built-in options.

• default: plain SVG with no styling
• styledSystem: styled-component with margin, padding, and color props from styled-system

Custom Templates

To use a custom template, pass a path to your template to the --template flag.

pixo icons --template custom-template.js

A template should be a function that returns a string for the component source code, written as a Node.js module.

// default template
module.exports = ({
  name,
  viewBox,
  pathData
}) => `import React from 'react'

const ${name}Icon = ({
  size,
  color,
  ...props
}) => (
  <svg
    {...props}
    viewBox='${viewBox}'
    width={size}
    height={size}
    fill={color}
  >
    <path d='${pathData}' />
  </svg>
)

${name}Icon.displayName = '${name}Icon'

${name}Icon.defaultProps = {
  size: 24,
  color: 'currentcolor'
}

export default ${name}`

Template function arguments

• name camel cased name that can be used for the component name
• viewBox the original viewBox value from the SVG
• pathData extracted path data for the <path> element's d attribute

Options

Options can be passed as flags to the CLI or added to a pixo field in your package.json

Run pixo --help to see the list of options.

• outDir (string) output directory (default dist)
• template (string) name of built-in template or path to custom template
• index (boolean) create an index.js barrel module
• iconComponent (boolean) create an Icon.js wrapper component
• recursive (boolean) recursively read all SVGs in subdirectories

CLI flags

-d --out-dir          Output directory
-t --template         Name of built-in template or path to custom template
-i --index            Include index.js barrel module
-c --icon-component   Include wrapper Icon.js component
-r --recursive        Recursively read all SVGs in subdirectories

Example package.json

{
  "pixo": {
    "outDir": "dist",
    "template": "./custom-template.js",
    "index": true,
    "iconComponent": true,
    "recursive": true
  }
}

Related

• Microicon
• Building SVG Icons with React
• Reline
• React Icons
• Making SVG Icon Libraries for React Apps
• babel-plugin-inline-react-svg
• svg-react-loader
• react-svg-loader

MIT License