How to Use SVG in Django

Serve and render SVG icons and graphics in Django templates using the static files framework.

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Serving SVG as Static Files

Place SVG files in your app's static/ directory and reference them with the {% static %} template tag, just like any other static asset. Django's staticfiles app handles collection and serving in production.

Place SVGs in static/ and reference with {% static 'icon.svg' %}
Run collectstatic before deploying to gather all static assets
Set correct MIME type (image/svg+xml) in your web server config

Inlining SVG for Styling

For SVGs you need to style with CSS, read the file contents in a template tag or context processor and mark it safe to render inline, allowing CSS to target individual paths.

Use a custom template tag to read and inline SVG file contents
Mark the output as safe with mark_safe() to render raw markup
Inline SVG enables CSS targeting of fill and stroke per path

Frequently Asked Questions

Why isn't my SVG displaying correctly in Django?

Check that your web server serves SVGs with the correct image/svg+xml MIME type, and confirm collectstatic ran if you're in production mode.

How do I inline an SVG in a Django template?

Write a custom template tag that reads the SVG file's content and returns it wrapped in mark_safe(), then include the tag in your template where needed.

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