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Artists and designers who draw SVG documents use Inkscape, a program that costs nothing and ships its source under the GPL. It runs on GNU/Linux, Windows and macOS and offers multipage documents, star and polygon tools, color palettes and Python extensions for import and export formats, with interface translations in many languages.

Facts at a glance

FactValueSource
Launched2004. Earliest release in the download page version list is 0.37, dated 2004inkscape.org/release, checked 5 Nov 2026
Free planFree: a free plan existsinkscape.org/release, checked 5 Nov 2026
PlatformsLinux, Windows, macOSinkscape.org/release, checked 5 Nov 2026

Pricing & plans

Model

Free

Free plan available

Price tiers

PlanPer monthUsage, as the vendor states it
InkscapeFreeFree and open source software for GNU/Linux, Windows and macOS

Prices are the vendor's list prices in USD.

  • Free and open source software under the GPL

  • Stable releases offered for GNU/Linux, Windows and macOS

  • Source code distributed as an xz tarball

Source: inkscape.org/release, checked 5 Nov 2026

Features & platforms

  • Multipage documents in the SVG format

  • Star and polygon tools

  • Color palettes

  • Python extensions for import and export formats

  • Docked and floating dialogs

  • Interface translated into many languages

  • Linux
  • Windows
  • macOS

Sources: inkscape.org/release, checked 5 Nov 2026

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  • Penpot

    Open-source design platform for teams that can be self-hosted and works with open standards such as CSS, HTML, SVG and JSON.

    penpot.app

  • Figma

    Offers a free Starter plan with limited access to its products, plus paid plans where seats are chosen per product.

    figma.com

  • Graphite

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    graphite.rs

Sources: penpot.app, figma.com/pricing, graphite.rs

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