What are the best free programs that export SVG?

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What are the best free programs that export SVG?

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Best free programs that export SVG	Price	Platforms	License
-- Inkscape	Free	Windows, macOS, Linux, Unix	GPL-2.0-or-later
-- Icons8 Lunacy	Free	Windows, Linux, Mac	-
-- Google Drawings	-	Web	-
-- Figma	-	-	-
-- Vectr	Free	Windows, Linux, Mac, Web	-

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score 11 · Answer 1

Inkscape

Top Pro

Free and open source

Inkscape is GPL-licensed and maintains public repositories. See More

Top Con

Very slow startup on some systems

Depending on factors like how many fonts you have installed, Inkscape can take upwards of 30 seconds to launch. See More

BraveElpis's Experience

I love that it has an XML editor. That is exactly what I was looking for! See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, macOS, Linux, Unix

License:GPL-2.0-or-later

Technology:C++

Initial Release:2003

Top Pro

Cross-platform

Pre-built binaries are available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Inkscape can be built from source on additional platforms. See More

Top Con

Uses its own SVG-format by default

Inkscape might use SVG as its default format, however this SVG's contains some additional SodiPodi/Inkscape additions that can be troublesome if you want to import the SVG into some other application. See More

Top Pro

Powerful

Has lot of options, and if you need it, you can go down to XML content. See More

Top Con

Based on the GTK widget toolkit

Software is based on GTK, so it might not integrate well in non-GTK environments. It also requires many dependencies on those non-GTK desktops. It also adds dependencies to GTK-environments since it is written in C++ which requires the gtkmm wrapper/interface. See More

Top Pro

Export to different file types

Files can be exported and saved as a "normal" svg, png, jpg, bmp etc. file. See More

Top Con

Under GNU GPL

It is released under GNU GPL which one of the restricted open source license. See More

Top Pro

Opens lots of file types

Inkscape supports many common formats for import (including SVG, Photoshop and Illustrator) and its plugin architecture allows more to be added. See More

Top Con

Mac version does not look as polished as its versions for Windows/Linux version for the 0.92.x version

It seems that Inkscape 1.0 beta 2 for Mac got some needed attention and it looks a lot better with dark theme support. native DMG installer and they got rid of X11 which is great. See More

Top Pro

It can do anything

A very powerful software that can do pretty match anything! See More

Top Pro

The new version 1.1 is looks and feels fantastic

Inskape got UI update: new dockable dialogs. See More

Top Pro

Interface is available in 29 languages

Basque, British English, Brazilian, Portuguese, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Swedish. See More

Top Pro

Measurement Tool

This tool is extremely handy and can not be found in any other vector graphics programs out there. See More

Top Pro

It's really easy and fun

Vector graphics can be created and edited with Inkscape. See More

Top Pro

Dark Theme Support

The new 1.0 beta 2 version finally got support for dark theme which normally is only available for commercial software like Affinity Serif, Adobe Illustrator. See More

Top Pro

Live Path Effects

Extremely powerful menu that offers more than 30 powerful Live Path Effects to apply to paths vastly enhancing the application functionality. See More

Top Pro

Guides, Grids, and Canvas Rotation

Extremely handy features when building complex graphics using Inkscape. See More

Top Pro

Integrates well into a X11-System

Its uses the X11 icon theme and desktop theme(GTK). See More

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score 4 · Answer 2

Icons8 Lunacy

Top Pro

Figma import

RickZeeland's Experience

Lunacy is a cross-platform app that supports .sketch files. In short, its the long-awaited Sketch for Windows. Now also supports Figma imports. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

Top Pro

Background remover

Top Pro

Save assets on the web

Lunacy allows to publish assets for free on the web. Your image will be hosted on CDN servers, you can get an URL ready to insert into your HTML. See More

Top Pro

Helps to create designs in .sketch format on Windows

It is free. Doesn't require an internet connection. Works with all versions of sketch files. See More

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score 6 · Answer 3

Google Drawings

Top Pro

On the cloud

Saves automatically to your Google Drive. See More

Specs

Platforms:Web

score 2 · Answer 4

Vectr

Top Pro

Free

The app is going to remain free forever. See More

Top Con

Needs an internet connection

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac, Web

Top Pro

Cross-platform

You may download Vectr for Mac, Windows, Linux, and Chromebook. See More

Top Pro

Supports collaboration

You can send the unique URL to your Vectr project to friends and colleagues for collaboration. See More

Top Pro

Supports importing various image formats

You may import your previous designs or downloaded graphics and edit them in Vectr as you like. See More

Top Pro

Intuitive

Vectr is simpler than other web design or vector graphics design tools, and has all the features needed to make designs beautiful. See More

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score 1 · Answer 5

Scribus

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Specs

Platforms:Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Unix

License:LGPL-2.1-only

Exports:PDF, ePub 2 (via plugin)

score 5 · Answer 6

OpenOffice Draw

score 11 · Answer 7

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My Recommendation for Inkscape

My Recommendation for Inkscape

Free and open source

Very slow startup on some systems

Cross-platform

Uses its own SVG-format by default

Powerful

Based on the GTK widget toolkit

Export to different file types

Under GNU GPL

Opens lots of file types

Mac version does not look as polished as its versions for Windows/Linux version for the 0.92.x version

It can do anything

The new version 1.1 is looks and feels fantastic

Interface is available in 29 languages

Measurement Tool

It's really easy and fun

Dark Theme Support

Live Path Effects

Guides, Grids, and Canvas Rotation

Integrates well into a X11-System

My Recommendation for Icons8 Lunacy

My Recommendation for Icons8 Lunacy

Figma import

Background remover

Save assets on the web

Helps to create designs in .sketch format on Windows

My Recommendation for Google Drawings

My Recommendation for Google Drawings

On the cloud

My Recommendation for Figma

My Recommendation for Figma

My Recommendation for Vectr

My Recommendation for Vectr

Free

Needs an internet connection

Cross-platform

Supports collaboration

Supports importing various image formats

Intuitive

My Recommendation for Scribus

My Recommendation for Scribus

My Recommendation for OpenOffice Draw

My Recommendation for OpenOffice Draw

My Recommendation for Instad.io

My Recommendation for Instad.io

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