Satori – When Rendering SVG Becomes an Art
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In 2022, Vercel, the company behind Next.js, identified a major challenge:
💡 “How can we generate animated SVGs from HTML/CSS quickly and efficiently?”
Previously, most solutions for generating images from HTML relied on headless browsers like Puppeteer, which were slow, resource-intensive, and hard to scale.
That’s why Satori was born—a library that renders HTML/CSS into SVG at lightning speed, laying the foundation for dynamic Open Graph (OG) images in serverless environments.
Satori’s Growth Journey
📌 2022 – Vercel introduced Satori, focusing on converting HTML/CSS to SVG instantly without a headless browser.
📌 2023 – Satori was tightly integrated with Vercel OG Image Generation, enabling Next.js apps to generate social media images effortlessly.
📌 2024 – The developer community expanded Satori’s ecosystem with plugins & presets, improving framework compatibility.
Why Developers Love Satori?
⚡ Super Fast & Lightweight
✔ No headless browser required, directly renders SVG from HTML/CSS.
✔ No headless browser required, directly renders SVG from HTML/CSS.
🎨 Font & Emoji Support
✔ Native support for Google Fonts, emojis, and icons, ensuring high-quality visuals with minimal effort.
✔ Native support for Google Fonts, emojis, and icons, ensuring high-quality visuals with minimal effort.
🌍 Works Everywhere
✔ Runs seamlessly on serverless environments, edge functions, Node.js, and browsers, making it easy to scale.
✔ Runs seamlessly on serverless environments, edge functions, Node.js, and browsers, making it easy to scale.
📦 Seamless Integration with Next.js & Vercel
✔ Powers @vercel/og, automatically generating Open Graph Images for websites.
✔ Powers @vercel/og, automatically generating Open Graph Images for websites.
Satori is Shaping the Future of OG Image & SVG Rendering
🚀 Expanding typography & icon support
📖 Enhancing advanced CSS rendering capabilities
⚡ Optimizing performance for even faster image generation
📖 Enhancing advanced CSS rendering capabilities
⚡ Optimizing performance for even faster image generation
If you’re looking for a fast, lightweight solution to generate Open Graph Images, Satori is the answer.
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