Mac

SymbolBuilder

Turn vector artwork into custom Apple symbols without hand-building every weight.

Import an SVG or template, refine it on the symbol grid, and export a custom symbol that is ready for Xcode or the SF Symbols app.

Download on the App Store

SymbolBuilder editing a custom Apple symbol on Mac

What it does

Useful software, made with care

Bring your vector art to the symbol grid

Drop in filled or stroked SVG artwork, an Illustrator or Inkscape export, or an existing SF Symbols template. SymbolBuilder places the artwork on the symbol grid and reads grouped artwork as separate layers.

SVG and vector-file import
Existing template support
Layer-aware artwork

Make the weights practical

A custom symbol needs more than one drawing to feel at home in a SwiftUI interface. SymbolBuilder builds the weight masters from your Regular artwork, including Auto-Suggest for line width, and leaves room to fine-tune the result.

All nine symbol weights
Auto-Suggest for line width
Manual refinement controls

Use the right rendering mode

Assign palette colours and hierarchical levels per layer, then preview how the symbol behaves in monochrome, hierarchical, palette, and multicolor modes. Motion Groups are available for symbols that need animation behaviour.

Palette and hierarchical layers
Multicolor output
Motion Group support

Preview, refine, export

Use the built-in editor to move, resize, reshape, and align paths, or build an element from scratch. The live SwiftUI preview shows the symbol at every weight and rendering mode before you export a standard SF Symbols template.