Inkscape Manual

Welcome to the official manual of Inkscape, the free and open-source vector graphics editor.

Warning

This manual is not finished. It is live and being written or edited at the same time. Please be aware that these pages may change.

If you need help urgently, there is an official Beginner’s Guide and the original manual to get you started.

New to Inkscape?

If you’re new to Inkscape, you can refer to the overview page to get an idea of how you could use it in your project.

After that, you can follow one of the Quickstart Guides to create your first Inkscape drawing.

Community

Inkscape has a thriving community composed of designers, illustrators, developers, laser-cutting enthusiasts, embroiderers, teachers, and people from all kinds of professions. If you find something you don’t understand or anything that needs help, you can go to:

See also

More community resources are listed in the Inkscape Community page.

Contributing

If you would like to contribute to the Inkscape project, please visit the contribute page on the Inkscape website.

This manual is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you find something confusing, wrong, or otherwise needs to be edited, please let us know!