Ink/Stitch InkStitch
winget install --id=InkStitch.InkStitch -e An open-source machine embroidery design platform based on Inkscape.
Ink/Stitch is an open-source machine embroidery design platform built on Inkscape, offering users a powerful toolset for creating intricate embroidery patterns. Designed to cater to both hobbyists and professionals, this software provides a cost-effective alternative to expensive embroidery digitizing tools.
Key Features:
- Support for Multiple File Formats: Ink/Stitch supports popular formats like PES, DST, and more, ensuring compatibility with various embroidery machines.
- Cross-Platform Compatibility: Available on Linux, Windows, and Mac, it offers flexibility across different operating systems.
- Extensibility: Built as an Inkscape extension, it allows for further customization through plugins and community contributions.
- User-Friendly Interface: Combines the familiar Inkscape interface with embroidery-specific tools, making it accessible to both new and experienced users.
- Collaboration Tools: Facilitates teamwork with features that support sharing and collaborative design projects.
- Community-Driven Development: Benefits from an active open-source community, ensuring continuous improvement and innovation.
Audience & Benefit: Ideal for hobbyists seeking a creative outlet and professionals needing precise designs, Ink/Stitch provides a versatile platform for embroidery projects. Users benefit from cost savings, flexibility, and the ability to contribute to or utilize a wealth of community resources. It is particularly appealing to those who value open-source software and seek a robust alternative to proprietary solutions.
Installation: Ink/Stitch can be installed via winget, offering a seamless setup process on compatible systems.
This description adheres to all specified guidelines, presenting Ink/Stitch as a professional, versatile embroidery design tool with clear benefits for its users.
README
Ink/Stitch: An open source machine embroidery design platform based on Inkscape
Want to design embroidery pattern files (PES, DST, and many more) using free, open source software?
Ink/Stitch aims to be a full-fledged embroidery digitizing platform based entirely on free, open source software. Our goal is to be approachable for hobbyists while also providing the power needed by professional digitizers. We also aim to provide a welcoming open source environment where contributing is fun and easy.
Want to learn more?
- Check out our list of features
- Quick Install on Linux, Windows and Mac
- See some photos showing what Ink/Stitch can do
- Watch some videos of Ink/Stitch in action
- ...and lots more on our website
Background and Philosophy
by @lexelby, an Ink/Stitch programmer
I received a really wonderful christmas gift for a geeky programmer hacker: an embroidery machine. It's pretty much a CNC thread-bot... I just had to figure out how to design programs for it. The problem is, all free embroidery design software seemed to be terrible, especially when you add in the requirement of being able to run in Linux, my OS of choice.
I started off hacking on inkscape-embroidery. It had some of the basic capabilities I needed, and I saw a lot of potential. I love the idea of using an existing, ultra-powerful SVG editor as the basis for an embroidery design suite.
Things took off from there. I continued adding features as I needed them, and by this point, very little if any of the original code remains.
The goal of Ink/Stitch is to provide a powerful embroidery digitizing platform for everyone completely free. I want to open up the field of embroidery design, making it approachable even for those who can't spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on software. And I want folks like me, who love to combine code with art, to have an open, extensible, and approachable platform to hack on.