Inkscape 1.4.4 is a maintenance and bugfix release, which brings you
20 crash fixes, among them for three nasty bugs where Inkscape wouldn't even start
almost 20 bug fixes
6 performance improvements
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
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.
Crash Fixes
Fixed a crash …
… trying to start Inkscape when there are two entries for the same file in the list of recently
used files (Bug 6002, MR #7750)
… trying to start Inkscape on Windows, when two recently opened files are in the same folder on
different drives (Bug #6028, MR #7754)
… when starting Inkscape with a graphics tablet plugged in (Bug
#5618, MR #7665)
… when trying to open an SVG file with broken markers (Bug #6040, MR #7768)
… when opening or closing certain SVG files with the Export dialog open (Bug #5141, MR #7139)
… when trying to open an SVG file with a broken Rotate Copies Live Path Effect created with
Inkscape older than version 1.2 (Bug #5991, MR #7782)
… when setting the width or height field of an imported raster image with locked
width/height ratio to zero or no value (Bug #5428, MR #7139)
… when using the Tweak tool with an empty text object in the selection (Bug #5918, MR #7474)
… when using the XML editor to delete the path data ('d') of a connector created with the Connector
Tool (MR #7772)
… when trying to undo a line created with the Connector Tool under certain circumstances (Bug
#5949, MR #7510)
… when trying to use the Connector Tool to connect two objects that overlap (Bug #5314, MR #7535)
… when selecting an object with the PowerStroke Live Path Effect (Bug
#5997, MR #7723)
… when trying to apply the Corners LPE to a group (which isn't possible) (Bug #5984, MR #7845)
… when trying to edit a gradient after removing one of its stops by using the XML Editor (Bug
#1299, MR #7532)
… when trying to use Break Apart with certain complex paths (Bug
#6067, MR #7800)
… when trying to trace a raster image with the maximum number of traces (Bug #5475, MR #7880)
General User Interface
Canvas
When using the Layers and Objects dialog to move objects between groups, the bounding
boxes on the canvas will now show the correct size and position again (Bug
#5996, MR #7704).
When zooming in on a document with lots of paths, Inkscape is much faster now (Bug #6110, MR #7876).
General
Graphics that contain the version number (1.4.4) have been updated for the new release (MR
#7855).
Clipping
Releasing an Inverse Clip (Live Path Effect) will no longer leave the clip path invisible (Bug
#5966, MR #7521).
Copy / Paste
Copy-pasting large numbers of objects with gradients is faster now (Bug #2403, MR #7856).
When copying something to the clipboard, Inkscape could randomly be very slow with some clipboard
manager constellations / PovRay being used, and content pasted could sometimes be in the wrong format (MR #7858).
Dialogs
Fill and Stroke Dialog
Holding the plus/minus buttons of a color slider or typing a color in the text field no longer
creates an entry in the undo history for each step (MR #7854)
Layers and Objects Dialog
Opening the dialog with many objects selected is much faster now (Bug #4934, MR #7802).
Up / Down arrow keys can be used to move around between objects again (Bug# 10033, MR #7817).
Using Inkscape in a language that is written from right to left (RTL), it is now possible again
to expand sections in the Objects dialog (MR #7825).
Changing an object's opacity in this dialog now affects what is saved in 'last used style'
(Bug
#5811, MR #7869).
Label and tool tips for node deletion algorithm choices have been clarified (MR #7819).
Welcome Dialog
Welcome Dialog contents no longer multiplies when you open new Inkscape windows with the dialog
open (Bug #5838, MR #7824).
Tools
Gradient Tool
Editing gradients with the Gradient Tool is faster now, because Inkscape doesn't continuously
update the tool controls bar anymore (Bug #4104, MR #7811).
Star / Polygon
Tool
A new button in the tool controls allows you to rotate the selected star or polygon into an upright
position, so it will stand on two spikes (star) or on one edge (polygon) (MR #7851).
The new 'Turn stars upright' button in the tool controls bar for the Star tool
Text Tool
Justified text now flows more correctly when it contains fixed-width whitespace (MR #7479).
Text rendering now respects the language metadata (xml:lang)for each
tspan separately, instead of using the last tspan's language setting for the
whole text (MR #7634).
Keyboard Shortcuts
It is now possible to set a keyboard shortcut for Paste on page (MR #7764).
Palettes
The color palette for Elementary OS has been added (MR #7636).
The colors of the new elementaryOS palette
Templates
The numbers in the schema drawing for the US zine template now match the description text
(MR #7762).
Command Line
The --help command no longer displays unrelated translation file contents along with
the actual information (MR #7560).
Removed a warning that was printed when opening a file which contained a link to an internet
address (Bug #5784, MR #7625).
Windows-specific Fixes
Inkscape built for Windows on ARM no longer opens in a terminal window (MR #7814).
Building Inkscape with clang on Windows is easier now, as the setup script now includes
llvm-openmp (MR #7814).
Improvements for Development / Deployment /
Testing
libuemf is now a submodule, which makes switching between Inkscape branches during
development easier (MR #7787).
Building Inkscape with GCC 16 no longer fails (MR #7722).
Building Inkscape will work with libpoppler up to version 26.04 (MR #7814, MR #7890).
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 Windows, long page names overflow the box on the canvas and leave artifacts (Bug #6121, MR
#7895 (in progress)).
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).
