Open Source Vector Graphic Apps

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  1. Inkscape icon
     2308 likes

    Open source vector graphics editor supporting SVG with features like custom brushes, pressure sensitivity, and layer management across multiple platforms.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
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    +8
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    123 alternatives
    4.4
    Very Good58 reviews
  2. Penpot icon
     233 likes

    Open-source design tool with code inspection, flexible responsive layouts, real-time collaboration, layer support, auto layout, reusable components, and no tracking.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    Powerful interaction design tool for designers and developers.
    Penpot expresses designs as code. The final product reflects 
the designers' initial vision.
    Penpot is the first tool to integrate native design tokens. Scale your design systems easily with Penpot Design Tokens.
    +2
    Manage Components and Variants states, styles, and sizes in a simple, developer-friendly way—making your design system cleaner and easier to scale.
    69 alternatives
    4.8
    Excellent29 reviews
  3. Graphite icon
     92 likes

    Graphite is a free, open source vector graphics editor and animation engine, available now in alpha. Get creative with a fully nondestructive editing workflow that combines layer-based compositing with node-based generative design.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    Made using nondestructive boolean operations and procedural polka dot patterns
    Design for a magazine spread, a preview of the upcoming focus on desktop publishing
    All layer stacks are represented, under the hood, by a nondestructive node graph
    +2
    Mandelbrot fractal filled with a noise pattern, procedurally generated and infinitely scalable
    61 alternatives
    4.5
    Excellent12 reviews
  4. Draw lets you produce anything from a quick sketch to a complex plan, and gives you the means to communicate with graphics and diagrams. With a maximum page size of 300cm by 300cm, Draw is a an excellent package for producing technical drawings, general posters, and much else.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
    LibreOffice - Draw screenshot 1
    LibreOffice - Draw screenshot 1
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    98 alternatives
  5. GodSVG icon
     33 likes

    GodSVG is an editor for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files. Unlike other editors, it represents the SVG code directly, doesn't add any metadata, and even lets you edit the SVG code in real time. GodSVG is inspired by the need for an SVG editor without abstractions that...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
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    14 alternatives
  6. Wick Editor icon
     80 likes

    The Wick Editor is a free and open-source tool for creating games, animations, and everything in-between. It's designed to be the most accessible tool for creating multimedia projects on the web. Your creations can run on any device with a web browser - that means mobile too.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Wick Editor's Banner
    A picture of the editor with a demo!
    The front page of www.wickeditor.com
    +2
    The About page and a design image for a new editor layout.
    100 alternatives
    4.8
    Excellent11 reviews
  7. Rnote icon
     37 likes

    Rnote aims to be a simple but functional note taking application for freehand drawing or annotating pictures or documents. It eventually should be able to import / export various media file formats.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    +4
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    22 alternatives
  8. Karbon icon
     57 likes

    Karbon is a vector drawing application with a user interface that is easy to use, highly customizable and extensible. That makes Karbon a great application for users starting to explore the world of vector graphics as well as for artists wanting to create breathtaking vector art.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    43 alternatives
  9. Draw, part of the Apache OpenOffice suite, is a graphics editor that gives you the tools to communicate with visuals and diagrams. With a maximum page size of 300cm by 300cm, Draw is powerful tool for posters, graphs, charts, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    For technical drawings with integrated graduation function (not available in PowerPoint)
    Draw  anything from a quick sketch to a complex plan.
    Apache OpenOffice Draw screenshot 2
    93 alternatives
  10. SVGcode icon
     8 likes

    SVGcode is a Progressive Web App that lets you convert raster images like JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, AVIF, etc. to vector graphics in SVG format. It uses the File System Access API, the Async Clipboard API, the File Handling API, and Window Controls Overlay customization.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    26 alternatives
  11. Pencil icon
     70 likes

    Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Pencil in Windows
    Pencil in Mac
    Pencil in Linux
    39 alternatives
  12. sK1 icon
     37 likes

    sK1 is an open source cross-platform vector graphics editor like CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator, or Freehand. The major feature of sK1 is a professional precise printing and prepress ready PDF output.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    +4
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    33 alternatives
  13. Kage Studio icon
     5 likes

    Kage Studio is a vector-based 2D Animation cross-platform Software that can export animation to HTML5, PNG sequence, Spritesheet, and video (via FFmpeg) as well as static images to PNG and SVG.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    Kage Studio on Mac OS
    Kage Studio on Windows
    24 alternatives
  14. Repath Studio icon
     3 likes

    A cross platform vector graphics editor, that combines procedural tooling with traditional design workflows. It includes an interactive shell, which allows evaluating code to generate shapes, or even extend the editor on the fly.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    8 alternatives
  15. SVG Flipbook icon
     6 likes

    SVG Flipbook runs next to your SVG editor and lets you animate your creation. Each layer in your SVG becomes one frame. You can use whatever SVG editor you like. Inkscape and Illustrator both work great.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    22 alternatives