Inkscape

Release highlights

• Filter Gallery: it has never been so easy to find the best filter for your needs! This new dialog features previews, categories and search.
• Modular grids & improved axonometric grids: set the grid angle by ratio for isometric designs and use modular grids to plan layouts and make icons!
• Swatches dialog and palette file handling improved: quick access to dialog layout controls, search for colors, and open different palette file formats!
• Unified font browser preview: when activated in the preferences, use it to quickly browse through your font collection. Try it out and give your feedback!
• Customizable handles: Power users with CSS knowledge can now customize the styling and basic shape of all the handles!
• Fast image clipping with the Shape Builder: raster graphics can now be clipped into multiple sections using the Shape Builder.
• Affinity Designer File Import
• Support for internal links in exported PDF files
• A whole new icon set
• There's even more: faster extensions, new templates for folding booklets, additional options in Ruler and Taper Stroke LPE, new keyboard shortcuts, changed node deletion behavior, preview in Spray tool, many new command line options, more supported color palette formats (e.g. CIELAB, Adobe Color Book and Adobe Swatch Exchange), updated translations and many bug fixes.

Fixes a regression in 1.3.1 not writing d attributes for shapes

Improvements on node count when using shape builder Ability to disable snapping to grid lines Possibility to split text into characters while keeping kerning Lots of bugfixes and crash fixes, and translation improvements

Release highlights

• Improved performance thanks to fully asynchronous, multithreaded rendering
• Shape builder (NEW) - a new tool for building complex shapes (Boolean tool)
• Improved On-Canvas Pattern Editing
• Pattern Editor (NEW)
• Page margins & bleed
• Document Resources Dialog (NEW)
• Return of Search, opacity & blend modes in Layers & Objects dialog and of an optional persistent snap bar
• Font Collections (NEW)
• Syntax highlighting in XML Editor
• LPE dialog - Redesign
• Better PDF import
• Many crash & bug fixes

Full release notes on https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/1.3

Due to a git/gitlab issue they do not contain bundled extensions.

In addition, out of git, the CMake package in it will declare that he is in an "unknown" version and that will be in the version string. Both problems are solved by creating the source package with make dist (or ninja dist) in a build folder for the git repo with the extensions submodule present, using CPack and temporarily replacing unknown with the current git hash.

Unfortunately, there is no way to use the gitlab release list and remove the "default" asset tarballs.

You can find all source tarballs at https://inkscape.org/release/all/source/archive/?pre=0 and the current one at https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-${version}/source/archive/xz/dl/inkscape-${version}.tar.xz, see https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape-web/-/issues/486

SHA256: bf4f286b025e0169b8948cc14d5199a9b4c204d761c894c4b48496571ec76307 inkscape-1.3_2023-07-21_0e150ed6c4.tar.xz

Inkscape 1.2.1

Released on 2022-05-16

Release highlights

• Inkscape documents can now hold multiple pages, which are managed by the new Page tool
• Editable markers and dash patterns
• Layers and objects dialog merged
• On-canvas alignment snapping and Snap settings redesign
• New 'Tiling' Live Path Effect
• Redesigned Export dialog with preview and ability to select objects/layers/pages and even multiple file formats to export to
• Import SVG images from Open Clipart, Wikimedia Commons and other online sources
• Selectable object origin for numerical scaling and moving
• All alignment options in a single dialog
• Gradient editing in the Fill and Stroke dialog
• Gradient dithering
• SVG Font Editor updated
• Flowing text around shapes and text padding
• Convenience Boolean operation for splitting paths
• Configurable Tool bar, continuous icon scaling and many more new customization options
• Performance gains for many parts of the interface and many different functions
• Lots of improvements to the user interface
• Numerous crash & bug fixes in the main Inkscape program and in in the stock extensions
• and so much more!

Full release notes on https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/1.2

Inkscape 1.1.2

Released on 2022-02-05

Release highlights

This is a bugfix release:

• Dependencies updated, fixing bitmap exports
• Graphic tablet pens erasors switch to the correct tool
• Fix lost styling of text converted to path
• Fix relative position of clones pasted to a new document
• Fix various crashes

Full release notes on https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/1.1.2

Due to a git/gitlab issue they do not contain bundled extensions.

In addition, out of git, the CMake package in it will declare that he is in an "unknown" version and that will be in the version string. Both problems are solved by creating the source package with make dist (or ninja dist) in a build folder for the git repo with the extensions submodule present, using CPack and temporarily replacing unknown with the current git hash.

Unfortunately, there is no way to use the gitlab release list and remove the "default" asset tarballs.

You can find all source tarball at https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-${version}/source/dl/ and we are working on providing a packager-friendly source download URL page/scheme at https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape-web/-/issues/486

SHA256: aeca0b9d33b5b1cfa9aa70433bdee6a8c3d020ffafc2e6f0c9a60eed7a7978af inkscape-1.1.1_2021-09-20_3bf5ae0d25.tar.xz

Inkscape 1.1.1

Released on 2021-09-21.

Bugfix release

• Pressure sensitivity should work again in Windows
• Stroke to path working on text again
• Startup time improved
• Fix various crashes

Full release notes are available on https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/1.1.1

Due to a git/gitlab issue they do not contain bundled extensions.

In addition, out of git, the CMake package in it will declare that he is in an "unknown" version and that will be in the version string. Both problems are solved by creating the source package with make dist (or ninja dist) in a build folder for the git repo with the extensions submodule present, using CPack and temporarily replacing unknown with the current git hash.

Unfortunately, there is no way to use the gitlab release list and remove the "default" asset tarballs.

You can find all source tarball at https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.1/source/archive/xz/dl/ and we are working on providing a packager-friendly source download URL page/scheme at https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape-web/-/issues/486

Inkscape 1.1

Released on 2021-05-24.

Release highlights

Inkscape 1.1 is the latest major Inkscape release that brings users many fresh new features and new functionality.

The most notable changes include:

• A Welcome dialog, where the look of Inkscape can be selected, and some choices for the new document's size or file to open are available
• A Command palette that opens when the ? key is pressed and that allows to search and use many functions without having to use a keyboard shortcut or going through the menus
• It is now possible to copy, cut and paste parts of paths with the Node tool
• The dialog docking system has been rewritten, which resolves many issues with Inkscape's docked dialogs and allows you to dock dialogs on either side of the screen
• New Outline Overlay mode that displays object outlines while also showing their real colors
• Preferences options are now easier to find by using the new search field
• It is no longer necessary to remember to click on 'Export' in the PNG Export dialog, as the exporting will already happen after the click on 'Save' in the file selection dialog.
• Export as JPG, TIFF, optimized PNG and WebP directly from Inkscape
• When pasting a copied object, Inkscape now pastes it directly on top of the currently selected object by default
• An extension for updating extensions and installing additional extensions, called the Extension Manager (currently in beta stage)

Full release notes here