Inkscape

Inkscape 1.4.4 is a maintenance and bugfix release, which brings you 20 crash fixes, more than 25 bug fixes and performance improvements, a couple small new features, and comes with many updated translations. Like its predecessor, it is also a bridge release in the sense that it can be used to convert the planned Inkscape 1.5 multipage file format to the pre-1.5 multipage format. Versions lower than Inkscape 1.4.3 will not be able to interpret pages created in Inkscape versions 1.5 and upwards. Opening a document in Inkscape 1.4.3 and saving it will convert it to the current ('old') page format (MR #7608). Background: While the 'old' format of pages in Inkscape is a custom addition that only works in Inkscape, the new format will make use of the svg:view element, which is standardized and can work in other SVG viewers, too. Find more information about this in MR #7525. The most important fixes and changes in this release are: - 20 crash fixes, among them for three nasty bugs where Inkscape wouldn't even start - almost 20 other bug fixes - 6 changes that improve performance - a new palette - a new button for rotating stars and polygons into their 'neutral' or 'upright' position - 27 updated interface translations - 15 updated documentation translations - installation files for Windows on Arm Read all about Inkscape 1.4.4 in the release notes! Known Issues - On macOS, if Inkscape has been started from the command line, extensions will not work (both in the graphical user interface as well as when only using the Inkscape commandline). Many import / export file formats provided by Python extensions are also affected. This is a security feature added in 1.4.3 for official macOS .dmg files, which fixes CVE-2025-15523. Learn more about it in our bug tracker. - On Wayland (display server), depending upon the Gtk version your system uses, a crash may occur when moving a docked tab, or closing a floating dialog. Trying to undock a dialog may result in the wrong dialog being undocked (Bug #6013, Upstream Gtk issue). - The Windows Store update will be delayed, potentially by a month. More known issues can be found on GitLab.