Inkscape Alternatives

Apps similar to Inkscape include Affinity, which has a free version. Other options are Graphite, Adobe Illustrator, LibreOffice - Draw and GodSVG. You're spoiled for choice with Vector Graphic Apps like Inkscape: we list more than 100 alternatives for the web, Windows, Mac, Linux and iPad.

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  1. Realdraw icon
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    *Vector-like Editing

    Flexibility first! Any object you create is editable all the time. You can change shapes, group objects, move them in layers, resize, edit envelopes etc. Any object has its own changeable properties like color, texture, outline, lights, material, transparenc.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  2. Cenon icon
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    Graphical tool of a special kind. Build upon a modular graphics core, Cenon offers a wide variety of applications. The feature-rich Cenon core is open source software and at home on many computer platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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  3. YouiDraw icon
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    Create stunning vector graphic design with YouiDraw drawing, logo maker and painter. It’s like Adobe Illustrator but it works on HTML5 canvas.

    53 YouiDraw alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  4.  10 likes

    Ipe is a drawing editor for creating figures in PDF or (encapsulated) Postscript format. It supports making small figures for inclusion into LaTeX-documents as well as making multi-page PDF presentations that can be shown on-line with Acrobat Reader.

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  5. Autotracer is a free online image vectorizer. It can convert raster images like JPEGs, GIFs and PNGs to scalable vector graphics (EPS, SVG, AI and PDF). No registration or email required.

    35 Autotracer.org alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  6. IDesign icon
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    Precision 2D vector drawing & design for the iPad and iPhone / iPod Touch.

    Make professional quality designs, illustrations and technical drawings on the move using your fingers at last! iDesign has unique features and offset controls which allows you to draw accurately with.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  7. Hyvector icon
     2 likes

    Your friendly vector editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  8. Webchemy icon
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    Webchemy is an open-source cross-platform web-app for creating idea sparking sketches. Based on the desktop application Alchemy, Webchemy takes some of its drawing tools and brings them to the web. Webchemy is great for generating new ideas, but at some point it's better to...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. Xfig icon
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    Xfig is an interactive drawing tool which runs under X Window System Version 11 Release 4 (X11R4) or later, on most UNIX-compatible platforms, and e.g. under Darwin on the MacIntosh and any X server under Microsoft Windows.

    20 Xfig alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  10. AutoDraw icon
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    AutoDraw is an intuitive drawing tool for everyone. It's a Google Experiment project that provides relevant suggestions as you draw, based on what it guesses you're drawing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  11. Vectorize! is the perfect tool for quickly and easily converting any pixel graphic into a resolution-independent, scalable vector format.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  12. Omadesign icon
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    Omadesign is an open-source (MIT) creative suite for Linux, written in Rust. Vector design, painting, and motion share one native app, with ARM64 and x86_64 builds and a one-line install. It's an open alternative to Illustrator, Photoshop, or Affinity.

    7 Omadesign alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
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