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As far as I know it uses GTK3 which does not require XQuartz. So why are they still using such an awkward and ancient system?
Timmmm
Posted 2019-05-30T19:48:30.530
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Why does Inkscape on Mac require XQuartz?
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I wondered the same thing. There must be some historical reason. Likely, it's a matter of prioritization for the core dev team. The Inkscape team has been aware of the issue and you can find more information on their GitLab Issue overviewing the concerns/considerations.
Update: The Inkscape v1 beta for mac is now native and no longer require XQuartz. See release notes.
Brenden
Posted 2019-05-30T19:48:30.530
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This is an area of active development — see https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/issues/84 There are builds which you can get without XQuartz already, but they aren't yet considered stable/production. (But see the link, since this comment will go out of date.)
– Wildcard – 2019-10-22T19:09:21.147