This is a beta version , released on December, 3rd, 2019.
Note that the Windows packages that you can download here will always contain the most up-to-date fixes for the 1.0 code, and are not frozen to the status of beta2.
Read the draft release notes for Inkscape 1.0 , which lists literally more than 100 major and minor improvements and bug fixes since 0.92.4.
We are especially interested in:
If you are using Inkscape on the command line, please test the new functionality and let us know if any issues come up for you.
If you maintain a custom extension for Inkscape, please test it, and update it in time to be compatible with 1.0, so your users will be able to update their Inkscape installation together with your extension.
And lastly, if you are fluent in graphics lingo in both English and another language, please consider helping your favorite vector graphics editor by updating translations for your language .