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August Bug Accelerator 2026

August marks the beginning of the second round of the Bug Accelerator Program for 2026. Get caught up on the latest work and find out what we're up to going forward.

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July Bug Accelerator 2026

July was a big month for the 2026 Bug Accelerator Program. Come see what we've been up to and how Inkscape 1.5 is shaping up so far.

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June 2026 Bug Accelerator

Catching you up on what we've been up to in the 2026 Bug Accelerator Program for the month of June.

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May 2026 Bug Accelerator

This month we began the Bug Accelerator Program with developers Michael (@mikix) and Seán (@leftmostcat) fixing bugs, and Roland (@rolandixor) as the bug administrator. This is our second time in a row having a bug administrator as part of this program.

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October, November, and December 2025 Bug Accelerator

Finishing up the Bug Accelerator Program for 1.4.

 

 

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July and August 2025 Bug Accelerator

The Bug Accelerator Program for 1.4 continues.

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May Bug Accelerator 2025

This marks the third month of the Bug Accelerator Program for 1.4, with the 1.4.2 completed we're targeting 1.4.3.

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April Bug Accelerator 2025

This marks the second month of the Bug Accelerator Program for 1.4, with the 1.4.2 release right around the corner.

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Adobe Illustrator Gradient Improvements

Manpreet has improved the opening of gradients from Adobe Illustrator files this month working on many of the calculations needed to translate from Adobe's data format to the open SVG specification...

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March Bug Accelerator 2025

This month is the start of our new 1.4 based Bug Accelerator Program with Tav and Martin as our bug fixing developers and Krlr17 as the bug administrator. This is the first time we've had a bug administrator position so we're excited to see if we can get even better results from having dedicated support for this season...

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Adobe Illustrator Compatibility Improvements

To allow the import of Adobe Illustrator files into Inkscape, we are developing a Python extension. This post outlines the progress made in the third month of the project, February 2025. The work is carried out inside the git repository extension-ai.

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Contract to Import AI Files 2025 Update

To allow the import of Adobe Illustrator files into Inkscape, we are developing a Python extension. This post outlines the progress made in the second month of the project, January 2025.

Find out what Manpreet has worked on in January 2025...

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Inkscape Translation Contribution, and Other Short Stories

The Traditional Chinese translations of Inkscape at the time was, let’s say, lacking. There were visible untranslated parts everywhere, namely in the Align and Distribute dialog, the dialog tab names, parts of the menu items, in the settings, and in the tooltips. My gripe was that some of them were partially translated, meaning that maybe the tool name was translated but the tooltip wasn’t, or in the case of the Align and Distribute dialog, some align options were and some weren’t, even though they are similar functions....

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Contract to Import AI Files Update

To allow the import of Adobe Illustrator files into Inkscape, we are developing a Python extension. This post outlines the progress in the 1st month of the project, October 2024. Work is carried out inside the git repository [extension-ai](https://gitlab.com/inkscape/extras/extension-ai/).

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June Bug Accelerator 2024

The final month for the bug accelerator program is done and we've got some important fixes for the next version of Inkscape...

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