Inkscape is professional quality vector graphics software which runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It is used by design professionals and hobbyists worldwide, for creating a wide variety of graphics such as illustrations, icons, logos, diagrams, maps and web graphics. Inkscape uses the W3C open standard SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) as its native format, and is free and open-source software.
Inkscape has sophisticated drawing tools with capabilities comparable to Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW and Xara Xtreme. It can import and export various file formats, including SVG, AI, EPS, PDF, PS and PNG. It has a comprehensive feature set, a simple interface, multi-lingual support and is designed to be extensible; users can customize Inkscape's functionality with add-ons.
The Inkscape project has a growing international user community, and many learning materials exist to help get you started with your creations. Help and support is provided by the community, and there are lots of ways for you to get involved if you want to help improve the Inkscape project.
Inkscape is a member of the Software Freedom Conservancy, a US 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Contributions to Inkscape are tax deductible in the United States.
Inkscape contribution documentation is maintained at:
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_asked_questions#Contributing_to_Inkscape
The primary bug tracker is below, requires LaunchPad/UbuntuOne setup and email confirmation.
You may also fork / pull request and use the issue tracker here as a simple way to submit changes to the project.
This repository is an unofficial mirror of Inkscape, which is hosted on Launchpad with Bazaar. Upstream code can be checkout out if you:
- Set up a UbuntuOne account
- Create a LaunchPad account linked to UbuntuOne
- Install Bazaar (
bzr) - Link Bazaar to LaunchPad (
bzr launchpad-login) - Confirm your email address
- Add your account to the project
- Download with
bzr branch lp:inkscape
This GitHub repository is for users that want easier access to the Inkscape repository. For completeness, this mirror was created with the above steps, hardlinking into a git repository and automated updates with update.bash.
Updates to this mirror are fully automated with update.bash. Any time please contact [email protected] if you need an immediate refresh.
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