Comparison of layout engines (Scalable Vector Graphics)

Scalable Vector Graphics
sXBL SVG Working Group SVG filter effects Precision Graphics Markup Language Vector Markup Language XHTML+MathML+SVG SVG animation Comparison of layout engines (SVG)

The following tables compare SVG compatibility and support for a number of layout engines. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. Unless otherwise specified in footnotes, comparisons are based on the stable versions without any add-ons, extensions or external programs.

Explanation of the tables

Engine nomenclature

Rather than the names of web browsers and HTML to PDF converters, the names of the underlying engines are used. Some of the software and online converters that use the various engines are listed below.

Layout engine	Release version	Preview version	Used by
Amaya	11.4.7[1]	N/A	No longer developed; Amaya
Blink	537.36	source code[note 1]	Chromium/Chrome (28+), Opera (15+), Sleipnir, Vivaldi, Yandex, Liebao and Samsung Browser .
EdgeHTML	13.10586 [2]	N/A	Microsoft Edge, Universal Windows Platform (UWP) JavaScript apps
Gecko	Standard 50.0.2 / November 30, 2016[3] ESR 45.5.1 / November 30, 2016[4]	Beta 51.0beta / November 16, 2016[5][6] semiweekly release Developer Edition 52.0a2 / November 18, 2016[7][8] daily release Nightly 53.0a1 / November 14, 2016[9][10] daily release	All Mozilla software, including Firefox; SeaMonkey and Galeon; Camino; K-Meleon; Flock (up to 2.x); Debian IceWeasel; GNU IceCat (formerly GNU IceWeasel); Cyberfox; Icedove, Iceape and Iceowl; Firefox for mobile ("Fennec"). Also used by the Maple platform in 2010 and 2011 Samsung "SmartTV" devices which are based on the build used in Firefox 2.5. The Nokia Asha platform also uses Gecko for web apps rendering.
Goanna	27.0.2 (December 2, 2016[11]) [±]	27 public beta 3 (October 27, 2016[12]) [±]	Pale Moon and FossaMail
KHTML	4.12.3[13]	N/A	Konqueror[note 2]
Martha	?	?	PDFreactor, Nimbudocs Editor and edit-on NG
Presto	2.12.388	N/A	No longer developed; Opera and Opera Mobile use Blink now; Nintendo DS & DSi Browser; Internet Channel
Prince	10	20160810	HTML to PDF converters: Prince (previously called PrinceXML), DocRaptor. The information in the Prince columns is also true of Prince for Books, a related layout engine.
Tasman	(IE 5.2.3 for Mac)	N/A	No longer developed (aborted in 2003); Internet Explorer 5+ for Mac OS X
Trident	7.0 (IE 11)	N/A	Internet Explorer and other Internet Explorer shells like Maxthon (Microsoft Windows operating systems only), Windows Phone 8
WebKit	534.20	nightly build[note 3]	Tizen (both OS and browser), Safari (both desktop and mobile), Google Chrome (before 28), Maxthon 3, Shiira, iCab 4, OmniWeb 5.5+, Web, Adobe AIR, Midori, surf, Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 and CS5, Android browser, Palm webOS browser, Symbian S60 browser, OWB, Steam, Rekonq, Arora, Flock (version 3+), RockMelt, Dolphin Browser, Konqueror[note 2]. Used by the LG Smart TV platform to enable web content on TVs. HTML to PDF converters: wkhtmltopdf, PhantomJS, Pdfcrowd[14], http://www.online-convert.com/[15].

1. "chromium / chromium/blink". chromium.googlesource.com. Google. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
2. In Konqueror, the user can switch the used layout engine.
3. "WebKit Nightly Builds". webkit.org. Retrieved 2014-05-27.

Adobe SVG Viewer, Batik, eSVG and Renesis are SVG-Plugins.

Values

Values indicate the level of support in the most recent version of the layout engine, or (if a version number is given) in the specified version. Version numbers without any other value indicate the version at which the layout engine first fully supported the feature.

Value	Meaning
Yes	Indicates that the layout engine fully supports this property/element when valid values are used.
No	Indicates that the property/element is completely ignored.
Partial	Indicates that the property/element is understood, but that not all values are supported. Supported values are implemented correctly.
Incorrect	Indicates that the property/element is understood, but that it is not implemented correctly in all cases.
Experimental	Indicates that the property/element is understood, but supported under an alternate name. May be incomplete or buggy.
Dropped	Indicates that the property/element is no longer supported.
Nightly build	Indicates that the property/element is supported to some extent in an experimental/nightly build. Future support is expected.
Depends	Indicates that the property/element is supported only on certain platforms, or if certain settings are configured.

SVG version support

			Trident	Gecko	WebKit	Blink	Presto	KHTML	Prince XML	Amaya	Batik	Renesis
SVG	1.1	Tiny (SVGT)	5.0[t 1]	Partial[g 1]	Partial	Partial	1.0	Partial[note 1]	Partial	Partial	Mostly	Partial
		Basic (SVGB)					Mostly
		Full
	1.2	Tiny	No	No	No	No	2.1	No	?	?	Partial	Partial
		Full					No		No	No	No	No
sXBL											Yes
XBL 2.0											No

Embedding

This table shows support status of different ways of embedding SVG into HTML, for different layout engines.

	Trident	Gecko	WebKit	Blink	Presto	KSVG	Amaya
<img>	5.0[t 1]	2.0[g 2]	Yes[w 1]	?	2.1	No	5.1
<embed>		1.8	Yes[w 2]		Partial[note 2]	Partial[note 3]	5.2
<object>					Yes		5.1
CSS background-image		2.0[g 3]	No		2.1	No	?
CSS list-style-image			Partial[note 4]				?
as Favicon	No	41[g 4]	No		2.1.1		?
in data URIs	5.0	Yes	Yes		No	?	?

SVG 1.1 support

Comparison of various Scalable Vector Graphics element support.

Profile	Element	Trident	Gecko	WebKit[w 3]	Blink	Presto	KSVG	Prince XML	Amaya	Adobe SVG Viewer	Batik	Renesis
Structure Module
Tiny	svg	5.0[t 2]	1.8	522	?	1.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	1.0	Yes	Yes
	g					2.0						1.0
	defs							6.0	?
	desc						No	No	?
	title								?	3.0
	metadata						?		?	2.0
	use			Yes[w 4]			No	6.0	Yes	1.0		0.6
Basic	symbol			522					?
Conditional Processing Module
Tiny	switch	Yes	1.8	522	?	2.0	?	No	?	2.0	Yes	No
Image Module
Tiny	image	5.0[t 2]	2.0[g 5]	522	?	2.0	No	5.1	4.0	1.0	Yes	0.5
Style Module
Tiny	style	5.0[t 1]	1.8	522	?	2.0	?	Yes	Yes	1.0	Yes	0.6
Shape Module
Tiny	circle	5.0[t 2]	1.8	522	?	2.0	Yes	Yes	4.0	1.0	Yes	1.0
	ellipse
	line
	path
	polygon
	polyline
	rect											0.6
Text Module
Tiny	text	5.0[t 1]	1.8	522	?	2.0	Yes	5.1	4.0	1.0	Yes	0.7
Basic	tspan							Yes
	tref		No[g 6]					No	6.3			0.6
	textPath		1.8.1						4.0			No
Full	altGlyph		Partial[g 7][g 8]	Partial		2.2	?			2.0
	altGlyphDef		No	No			?
	altGlyphItem					?	?			No
	glyphRef					2.2	?			2.0
Profile	Element	Trident	Gecko	WebKit	Blink	Presto	KSVG	Prince XML	Amaya	Adobe SVG Viewer	Batik	Renesis
Marker Module
Full	marker	5.0[t 1]	1.8	522	?	2.0	?	6.0	?	3.0	Yes	1.0
Color Profile Module
Full	color-profile	No	No[g 9]	No[w 5]	?	No	No	No	?	3.0	Yes	No
Gradient Module
Basic	linearGradient	5.0[t 1]	1.8	522	?	1.0	Yes	6.0	?	1.0	Yes	0.5
	radialGradient					2.0			?
	stop					1.0		?	?
Pattern Module
Basic	pattern	5.0[t 1]	1.9	522	?	2.0	Yes	?	?	2.0	Yes	0.5
Clip Module
Basic	clipPath	5.0[t 1]	1.8	Mostly[w 6]	?	2.0	?	?	?	1.0	Yes	0.6
Mask Module
Basic	mask	5.0[t 1]	1.9	522	?	2.0	?	?	?	1.0	Yes	No
Filter Module
Basic	feBlend	6.0[t 3]	1.9	Nightly build[w 7]	?	2.0	?	No	?	1.0	Yes	No
	feColorMatrix						?		?
	feComponentTransfer						?		?
	feComposite						?		?
	feFlood						?		?
	feGaussianBlur						?		?
	feImage						?		?
	feMerge						?		?
	feOffset						?		?
	feTile						?		?
Full	filter			Nightly build[w 7]			?		?
	feConvolveMatrix			Nightly build[w 8]			?		?
	feDiffuseLighting			Nightly build[w 9]			?		?
	feDisplacementMap			Nightly build[w 7]			?		?
	feMergeNode						?		?
	feMorphology						?		?
	feSpecularLighting			Nightly build[w 10]			?		?
	feTurbulence			Nightly build[w 11]			?		?
	feDistantLight			No			?		?
	fePointLight						?		?
	feSpotLight						?		?
	feFuncR			Nightly build[w 7]			?		?
	feFuncG						?		?
	feFuncB						?		?
	feFuncA						?		?
Profile	Element	Trident	Gecko	WebKit	Blink	Presto	KSVG	Prince XML	Amaya	Adobe SVG Viewer	Batik	Renesis
Cursor Module
Full	cursor	No[t 4]	No[g 10]	Partial	?	No	?	?	?	No	Yes	0.6
Hyperlinking Module
Tiny	a	Yes	1.8	522	?	1.0	Yes	5.1	8.2	1.0	Yes	0.6
View Module
Basic	view	No	15.0[g 11]	Partial	?	2.0	?	?	?	3.0	Yes	No
Scripting Module
Tiny	script	Yes	1.8	522	?	2.0	?	?	?	1.0	Yes	0.5
Animation Module
Tiny	animate	No	2.0[g 12]	No	?	2.0	Yes	No	Yes	1.0	Yes	No
	set			Partial
	animateMotion		2.0[g 13]				No
	animateTransform		2.0[g 12]
	animateColor (deprecated)		No[g 14]				Yes
	mpath		2.0[g 13]	522			?		?	2.0
Font Module
Tiny	font	No	No[g 15]	Yes	?	2.0	?	?	?	2.0	Yes	1.0
	font-face					1.0	?	?	?			Dropped[note 5]
	glyph						?	?	?			1.0
	missing-glyph						?	?	?
Full	hkern			Nightly build[w 12]		2.0	?	?	?			No
	vkern			Nightly build[w 13]			?	?	?
	font-face-src			Yes		No	?	?	?	No
	font-face-uri					2.0	?	?	?
	font-face-format					No	?	?	?		No
	font-face-name						?	?	?		Yes
Extensibility Module
Full	foreignObject	No	1.9	522	?	2.0	?	No	7.2	No	No	No
Profile	Element	Trident	Gecko	WebKit	Blink	Presto	KSVG	Prince XML	Amaya	Adobe SVG Viewer	Batik	Renesis

Notes

1. KHTML does not have any native image support. This is by design: in Konqueror, multimedia files are handled by KParts. The KDE project also developed an SVG plugin for Konqueror, known as KSVG.^{[o 1]}
2. <embed> — Presto does not scale the image properly if its size is given in relative units.
3. <embed>, <object> — KSVG does not scale the image properly if its size is given in relative units.
4. list-style-image — WebKit does render the image if its size is given in relative units.^{[w 1]}
5. Renesis 0.7 supports that feature, but because of the rewrite of the plugin Renesis 1.0 doesn't support this any longer.^{[o 2]}

References

• "SVG 1.1 Conformance Suite Implementation Status".
• "W3C SVG Test Suite Results — Summary results of W3C test suite on multiple browsers, different versions and browser plugins. Last updated 2011-03-24.". Retrieved 2012-10-02.
• "When can I use... SVG support tables in desktop and mobile browsers". Retrieved October 2, 2012.

1. Amaya Binary Releases, Most recent download link in stable
2. Change log between EdgeHTML 12.10240 and 13.10586
3. "Firefox — Notes (50.0.2) — Mozilla". mozilla.org. 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
4. "Firefox Extended Support Release — Notes (45.5.1) — Mozilla". mozilla.org. 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
5. "Firefox — Beta Notes (50.0beta) — Mozilla". 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
6. "Mozilla Firefox Web Browser — Download Firefox Beta in your language — Mozilla". Retrieved 2016-07-02.
7. "Firefox — Aurora Notes (52.0a2) — Mozilla". 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
8. "Mozilla Firefox Web Browser — Download Developer Edition in your language — Mozilla". Retrieved 2016-11-18.
9. "RapidRelease/Calendar - MozillaWiki". Retrieved 2016-10-21.
10. "Mozilla Firefox Web Browser — Download Firefox Nightly in your language — Mozilla". Retrieved 2016-10-23.
11. "Pale Moon Release Notes". Pale Moon. 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
12. "Pale Moon public beta/unstable branch release notes". Moonchild Productions. 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
13. Download for kdelibs, Most recent download link in stable
14. Pdfcrowd FAQ, “Pdfcrowd is built around Webkit.”
15. ‘Producer’ metadata in the resulting pdf., https://www.coolutils.com/Online/HTML-Converter/ Free Online HTML Converter around Webkit

Trident references

1. Yu, Jennifer (2010-03-18), SVG in IE9 Roadmap, Microsoft
2. Internet Explorer 9 Preview Builds, Microsoft
3. Internet Explorer 10 Guide, Microsoft
4. 2.1.20 [SVG11] Section 16.12, Cursor Module, Microsoft

Gecko references

• "SVG in Firefox". Retrieved June 11, 2009.

1. Bug 512501 - (svg11tests) We should pass all the W3C SVG 1.1 Full tests, Mozilla
2. Bug 276431 - external SVG not loaded from img tag, Mozilla
3. Bug 231179 - SVG images in CSS, Mozilla
4. Bug 366324 - SVG site icons (favicons, shortcut icons) support, Mozilla
5. Bug 272288 - Allow SVG source for <svg:image>, Mozilla
6. Bug 273171 - Text 'tref' not supported, Mozilla
7. Bug 456286 - should altGlyph elements fall back to behaving like tspan?, Mozilla
8. "Bug 571808 - Implement altglyph". Mozilla. 13 June 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
9. Bug 427713 - embedded color profiles in svg are ignored, Mozilla
10. Bug 177193 - Implement the 'cursor' element and the 'cursor' attribute, Mozilla
11. Bug 512525 - Implement the <view> element, Mozilla
12. Bug 482402 - (enablesmil) Enable "svg.smil.enabled" pref by default, Mozilla
13. Bug 436418 - SVG SMIL: Implement "animateMotion", Mozilla
14. Bug 436296 - SVG SMIL: implement "animateColor", Mozilla
15. Bug 119490 - Implement SVG fonts, Mozilla

WebKit references

• "WebKit SVG Status". Retrieved June 17, 2007.
• "WebKit's W3C test suite results".

1. Bug 16167 - SVGs with width and height 100% fail to render when used as <img> or CSS image, WebKit
2. Bug 12095 - Image (and thus SVGImage and PDFDocumentImage) need size-negotiation, WebKit
3. "The WebKit Open Source Project - SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)". Retrieved 24 February 2014.
4. Bug 12499 - External <use> xlink:href references do not work, WebKit
5. Bug 6037 - WebKit+SVG does not support <color-profile> element, WebKit
6. Bug 55361 - transform attribute for ClipPath not implemented, WebKit
7. Bug 32224 - Turn on (SVG) Filters support, by default., WebKit
8. Bug 5861 - feConvolveMatrix filter is not implemented, WebKit
9. Bug 32197 - feDiffuseLighting filter is not implemented, WebKit
10. Bug 32199 - feSpecularLighting is not implemented, WebKit
11. Bug 5864 - feTurbulence is not implemented, WebKit
12. Bug 38407 - SVG hkern implementation incomplete, WebKit
13. Bug 38663 - SVGFont's VKern implementation missing, WebKit

Blink references

Other references

• "Batik Implementation Status". Retrieved January 11, 2008.
• "Renesis 1.1 SVG support" (PDF). Examotion GmbH. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
• SVG support in Presto: Elements, Attributes, CSS Properties, DOM Interfaces.

1. See "KSVG Homepage". Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. KSVG seems to be inactive as of 2012.
2. Renesis support notes (PDF), Examotion GmbH, retrieved 2008-08-04

External links

• W3C SVG Test Cases for SVG Full
• "Viewer matrix — A Comparison of the SVG-able layout engines and Plugins". wiki.svg.org. Archived from the original on 2010-03-25.