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Release Notes
Released on May 6, 2026.
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.
Inkscape 1.4.4
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Wen-Wei Kao
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Martin Owens
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Maren Hachmann
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1.4.4
2026
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2025
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2025
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2025
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2024
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2024
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2024
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2024
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2024
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