Inkscape
inkscape/inkscapeReviewed by Radar
What it does
Inkscape is a vector drawing program used by designers and hobbyists to make illustrations, icons, logos, diagrams, maps and web graphics. Its own file format is SVG, an open standard. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and is installed with a normal installer. This GitHub page is only a pointer: the code is developed on GitLab and the program is downloaded from inkscape.org.
How easy it is to install
A · download and open · Windows
A ready Windows installer is available (the checks found one of about 162–487 MB), so you download it and open it.
Numbers on GitHub
- Stars
- 4,075on Oct 31, 2026
- Downloads
- —all releases
- Growth
- +17stars in 6 days
Stars over time
Facts
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- You need to install
- Nothing extra
- Disk space
- 162 MB–487 MB · from the installer
- Accounts or keys
- None
- Cost
- Free · The README describes it as free and open-source software.
- License
- GPL-2.0 (Copyleft)
- Can replace
- Illustrator, CorelDRAW, Affinity Designer
- Last update
- Mar 3, 2022
Risk signals (1)
- Infogithub repo is placeholder
The repository holds only README.md and one image; README.md says "Inkscape is being developed on GitLab" (gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape). The last push here was 2022-03-03 and no license file is present, so GitHub activity and license data do not describe the actual project.
AI review
Evidence is shown in its original language.
What Radar could not check
- The real license and recent activity, which live in the GitLab repository, not on GitHub
- Whether the installer the checks found is the current version from inkscape.org
- How well it opens files made in Illustrator or CorelDRAW