News for 2020

Inkscape version 1.0.1 patches crashes & bugs

Inkscape 1.0.1 with more polish (CC-By-SA Bayu Rizaldhan Rayes, Adam Belis)

Inkscape's team of developers has patched bugs and crashes, and generally improved on version 1.0 in this latest release, version 1.0.1. You'll find a few features, too, along with translation updates for more than a dozen languages.

Built with the power of a team of mostly volunteers, this open source vector editor represents the work of many hearts and hands from around the world, ensuring that Inkscape remains available free for everyone to download and enjoy.

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Inkscape's Summer of Hackfest 2020 is ONLINE!

Hackfest 2020 Logo (CC-By-SA SimplyEr1c)

Inkscape is preparing a Summer of Hackfest 2020 Online on Saturdays between July 11 and August 15 2020. That's six Saturdays in a row for a six-hour stretch each time via live video. Everyone is welcome!

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Inkscape contributor organizing Gimpscape's inaugural Artweek

Artweek Logo (© Gimpscape)

Open source software artists and designers have a new place to learn online, thanks to the Gimpscape design community's inaugural Artweek, an online event taking place on June 27-28, 2020.

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Introducing Inkscape 1.0

Inkscape 1.0 Banner

After a little over three years in development, the team is excited to launch the long awaited Inkscape 1.0 into the world.

Built with the power of a team of volunteers, this free and open source vector editor represents the work of many hearts and hands from around the world, ensuring that Inkscape remains available free for everyone to download and enjoy.

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Roots and Shoots of the Inkscape Project

Growing Inkscape

As we launch Inkscape 1.0, we're proud to unveil a collection of stories, woven from interviews and thank-yous, from the Inkscape project's many contributors. This is the first article in the series.

While we come from many countries large and small across this vast blue planet, our commitment and dedication to Inkscape bring us together, unite us in friendship and comradery, thanks to the power of free and open source software and the web.

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Inkscape 0.92.5 released and Testers needed for Inkscape 1.0 Release Candidate

Inkscape running on a laptop

Inkscape is launching a double release / pre-release, giving you both a stable and improved version of the 0.92.x series to work with, and a Release Candidate for the much-awaited Inkscape 1.0 to explore and to help us fix issues that you find by reporting them to the project's developers.

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Come for the GSOC code experience, stay for the OS collaborative team environment

Computer programmer

Once more, Inkscape has been approved to accept students to work on the project through Google Summer of Code (GSOC) 2020. We are excited about offering students a chance to work with mentors on this open source (OS) project.

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Valentin wrangled meshes, hatches and GTK during a summer with Inkscape in 2019

Evolution of the mesh rendering script outputWhen the Inkscape community seeks Google Summer of Code (GSoC) applicants, we're hoping to find people who are curious about the project and the software. Part of the application process requires applicants to complete sample work on the project to demonstrate their skills and understanding.

At the beginning of 2019, Valentin joined the community, tackled several tasks and shared the outline of a project he wanted to work on as a GSoC student.

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"Inkscape brings enjoyment and freedom of creativity"

Island of Creativity (Inkscape 1.0 About Screen Contest winner, Copyright © 2019 Bayu Rizaldhan Rayes Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 (CC-BY-SA 3.0)

Congratulations to Bayu Rizaldhan Rayes, the winner of the Inkscape 1.0 About Screen Contest!

We recently caught up with Bayu, to ask him some questions about himself and about his use of Inkscape.

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