Inkscape is a free open source vector drawing application. Inkscape has many of the features you would expect to find in other similar software such as Illustrator, Freehand, and CorelDraw. Inkscape makes extensive use of the SVG format , a W3C standard.

Whilst Inkscape is not a full release it is very much usable. It is being used for various types of application such as logos, icons and graphics for websites. Because Inkscape uses SVG this makes the resulting files usable in all sorts of applications. The latest release of Inkscape now also provides output to Adobe's PDF format.

Inkscape has a wide variety of tools to help create drawings. With the use of filters from the SVG specification much more interesting results can be created than standard vector drawing tools. For example a Gaussian Blur effect can be applied.

Inkscape is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X