Inkscape‘s development version has now switched to GTK4 (MR: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/6039), the current version of the underlying UI framework. This is a huge architectural improvement for Inkscape, and will enable proper graphics acceleration in the future.
This quick transition - only about 9 months - was made possible by donations, as the Inkscape project invested approx. $80,000 towards it. Support Inkscape's development: https://inkscape.org/support-us/donate/
A lot of issues remain to be found and solved, especially on MacOS and Windows, so the next release will still use GTK3. For those who'd like to play around with the new version that will power all releases after that, join Inkscape's chat: https://chat.inkscape.org
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