---
name: "cairosvg"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cairosvg"
version: "2.7.1-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cairosvg"
---

# cairosvg(1)

SVG converter based on Cairo

## NAME

cairosvg — SVG converter based on Cairo

## SYNOPSIS

**cairosvg** \[*filename*\]  \[**-h**\]  \[**-f** *format\]  \[***-d** *dpi\]  \[***-o** *output\]  \[***--version***\]*

## DESCRIPTION

*This manual page documents briefly the*  **cairosvg** command.

This manual page was written for the **Debian** distribution  because the original program does not have a manual page.

**cairosvg** is a SVG converter based on Cairo. It   can export SVG files to PDF, PostScript and PNG files.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax,  with long options starting with two dashes (\`-').  A summary of  options is included below.

- **-h** **--help**

  Show help message and exit.

- **--version**

  Show program's version number and exit.

- **-f** **--format**

  Output format which can either be PDF, PNG, PS or even SVG.

- **-d** **--dpi**

  SVG resolution.

- **-o** **--output**

  Output filename.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by fladi FladischerMichael@fladi.at for  the **Debian** system (and may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any  later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.