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Inkscape 1.4.4 Is Out

Hacker News · May 6, 2026, 7:33 PM

Key takeaways

  • Inkscape 1.4.4 is a maintenance and bugfix release, which brings you
  • Like its predecessor, Inkscape 1.4.4 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.
  • More known issues can be found on GitLab.

Inkscape 1.4.4 is a maintenance and bugfix release, which brings you

Like its predecessor, Inkscape 1.4.4 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.

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