List of vector graphics editors

The following is a list of vector graphics editors.

Free/ Open source software

;Dia:Dia is a gtk+ based diagram creation program released under the GPL license. Dia is capable of exporting graphics to several formats.;Inkscape:A vector graphics editor released under the GNU General Public License. Its stated goal is to become a powerful graphics tool while being fully compliant with the XML, SVG and CSS standards. Has good multi-lingual support, particularly for complex text layout.;Ipe: A vector graphics editor for creating figures in PDF or EPS format. Can process LaTeX source code and import PDF figures.;Karbon14 "(formerly Kontour, which was formerly KIllustrator)": Is a vector graphics editor, part of KOffice, the KDE office suite.;NodeBox: An application for programming 2D animation and graphics in Python. It runs on Mac OS X.;OpenOffice.org Draw:Currently OpenOffice.org supports exporting to SVG format officially, though with some limitations to be resolved. It also shares many features with Desktop publishing software.;Scribus: A desktop publishing application with SVG & PDF capabilities.;sK1: A fork of Skencil and it seems sK1 is a Skencil succeeder. [http://sk1.sf.net sK1] is oriented for prepress industry. Project has a lot of importers and exporters which are extracted as UniConvertor subproject.;Skencil "(formerly Sketch)": A vector graphics editor implemented almost completely in Python. ;Sodipodi: A vector graphics editor intended for producing vector graphics, and to be a drawing tool for artists. Development ceased in 2004, but Inkscape is based on Sodipodi.;Synfig: A 2D vector graphics and animation program intended to produce feature-film quality animation with fewer people and resources.;Tgif: A 2-D drawing tool under X11 for Unix and Unix-like platforms. "Note: has several quirks due to being developed long before many features common in many editors were standard.";Xara Xtreme for Linux: A 2D vector graphics editor created by the British software company Xara.;Xfig: A 2-D drawing tool under X11 for Unix and Unix-like platforms. Xfig saves figures in its native "Fig format", but they may be converted into various formats.;ZCubes: A 2D and 3D online vector drawing and painting tool. Primarily supports IE. Firefox supported for viewing using SVG in most platforms.

Proprietary software

Freeware

;Turbo Plot: A plot application capable of generating vector images, both static and animated.

;WhiteBoardMeeting: A Skype Extra and a real time multi-user collaboration software. WhiteBoardMeeting allows users to draw vector graphics, insert text and images, edit existing objects. All users see each other creating and editing objects right away.

Commercial software

;ACD Canvas "(formerly Deneba Canvas)":;Adobe Illustrator:;Adobe InDesign;;Adobe Fireworks "(formerly Macromedia Fireworks)":;Adobe Flash "(formerly Macromedia Flash)":;Adobe FreeHand "(formerly Macromedia FreeHand)":;Artworks:;CorelDRAW:;ConceptDraw: Windows and Macintosh vector graphic editor;Deneba Canvas:;Drawit:;Elgorithms MagicTracer:;Express Animator:;Gerber Omega:;Intaglio: Mac OS X only editor.;jfig:;MST Viewer: MODCA Viewer used in IBM solutions;Microsoft Expression Design: based on Creature House Expression;Microsoft Expression Blend:;Microsoft PhotoDraw:;Microsoft Visio:;OmniGraffle:;PhotoLine:;Satori Paint:;Serif DrawPlus: ;Scanvec Amiable FlexiSign:;SmartDraw: ;VectorDesigner:;Xara Xtreme:

ee also

*Comparison of vector graphics editors
*List of raster graphics editors
*List of raster to vector conversion software