vercel-satori

name	vercel-satori
description	ALWAYS use when writing code importing "satori". Consult for debugging, best practices, or modifying satori.
metadata	{"version":"0.19.2","generated_by":"Claude Code · Opus 4.6"}

vercel/satori satori

Version: 0.19.2 (3 days ago) Deps: @shuding/opentype.js@1.4.0-beta.0, css-background-parser@^0.1.0, css-box-shadow@1.0.0-3, css-gradient-parser@^0.0.17, css-to-react-native@^3.0.0, emoji-regex-xs@^2.0.1, escape-html@^1.0.3, linebreak@^1.1.0, parse-css-color@^0.2.1, postcss-value-parser@^4.2.0, yoga-layout@^3.2.1 Tags: beta: 0.0.30-beta.1 (3 years ago), latest: 0.19.2 (3 days ago)

References: package.json • README • GitHub Issues • GitHub Discussions • Releases

Search

Use npx -y skilld search instead of grepping .skilld/ directories — hybrid semantic + keyword search across all indexed docs, issues, and releases.

npx -y skilld search "query" -p satori
npx -y skilld search "issues:error handling" -p satori
npx -y skilld search "releases:deprecated" -p satori

Filters: docs:, issues:, releases: prefix narrows by source type.

API Changes

⚠️ satori/wasm — removed in v0.16.0, WASM is now inlined in the main build. Use satori (default) or satori/standalone instead source

⚠️ satori/standalone init() — v0.18.0 added standalone build with init(input: InitInput) where InitInput accepts ArrayBuffer | Buffer | WebAssembly.Module | Response | URL | RequestInfo. Must call await init(wasm) before using satori. v0.19.2 fixed the init implementation source

⚠️ init() wasm instance — v0.18.2 added support for passing an already-instantiated WebAssembly.Module to init(), not just raw bytes source

✨ pointScaleFactor option — new in v0.14.0, controls pixel grid rounding via Yoga's point scale factor for high-DPI precision source

✨ text-wrap: "pretty" — new in v0.13.0, adds text-wrap pretty support source

✨ text-decoration-style: double — new in v0.15.0 source

✨ text-decoration-skip-ink — supported since v0.19.1 source

✨ object-fit on images — new in v0.18.0, supports contain, cover, none source

✨ display: contents, position: static, box-sizing, align-content: space-evenly, percentage gap — new CSS layout properties in v0.16.0 via yoga-layout upgrade source

✨ backgroundImage color support — v0.19.0 added color values in backgroundImage for semi-transparent gradients source

✨ async components — supported since v0.15.2, React components passed to satori can be async source

✨ SatoriOptions width/height — can now provide only width OR only height (not both required). Type is { width; height } | { width } | { height } source

Best Practices

✅ Hoist fonts array to module scope — satori uses a WeakMap font cache keyed by object identity; recreating the array per-call bypasses the cache and re-parses fonts every time, cutting throughput ~2x source

// Module-level — parsed once, cached via WeakMap
const fonts: SatoriOptions['fonts'] = [
  { name: 'Inter', data: interBuffer, weight: 400, style: 'normal' },
]

// Per-request — reuse the same reference
const svg = await satori(element, { width: 1200, height: 630, fonts })

✅ Use base64/ArrayBuffer for <img> src — satori fetches URL images at render time; inlining as data: URIs or passing Buffer/ArrayBuffer eliminates network I/O and avoids production-only "Unsupported image type: unknown" errors from CDN responses with wrong content-type headers source source

✅ Always set width and height on <img> — without explicit dimensions satori cannot determine image size and throws Image size cannot be determined source

✅ Avoid <span> inside text for inline styling — satori's Yoga-based layout treats nested inline elements as flex blocks, breaking word wrapping; use a flat <div> with display: "flex" and flexWrap: "wrap" wrapping separate text segments instead source

✅ Only TTF, OTF, WOFF fonts are supported — WOFF2 is not supported; variable fonts throw TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading '259') source source

✅ Use satori/standalone + manual WASM for restricted runtimes (Cloudflare Workers) — call init(wasmBinary) before satori(); as of 0.18.0 also accepts instantiated WebAssembly.Module source source

import satori, { init } from 'satori/standalone'
await init(yogaWasm) // ArrayBuffer | WebAssembly.Module
const svg = await satori(element, options)

✅ Default display is flex, not block — every element is a flex container by default (like React Native); use display: "none" or display: "contents" (added in 0.16.0) as alternatives source source

✅ Default flexWrap is wrap, not nowrap — unlike CSS default, satori defaults to wrap; explicitly set flexWrap: "nowrap" if you need single-line content source

✅ No z-index in SVG — element paint order is strictly document order; place elements that should appear on top later in the tree source

✅ Color functions oklch(), calc(), currentColor are unsupported or limited — oklch() in gradients throws parse errors; calc() is not implemented; currentColor only works on the color property itself source source