X-InkScape

Designed as a portable version of Inkscape, X-Inscape this is an advanced vector graphics editor similar to Illustrator or CorelDraw. It can be directly launched without installation, as well as stored on a USB flash drive to run it on any PC effortlessly.

The program offers support for numerous image, vector and graphics file types, such as SVG, Illustrator (.AI), EMF, WMF, CorelDraw (CDR, CDT, CCX, CMX), GIMP gradient (GGR), AutoCAD (DXF), PNG, XPM, JPEG, and GIF.

As far as drawing tools are concerned, you can duplicate, tweak or spray objects by sculpting or painting, edit paths by nodes, measure distances, as well as create rectangles, squares, 3D boxes, circles, ellipses, arcs, stars, polygons and spirals. Plus, you can draw freehand or straight lines, Bezier curves, calligraphic or brush strokes.

It's possible to make bitmap copies, create guides around the page, edit the XML tree and SVG fonts, switch to grayscale display mode, select colors from a swatches palette, manage layers, insert symbols and glyphs, trace pixel art, and check spelling.

There is a wide range of filters and extensions provided by X-Inscape when it comes to bevel, blur, color, distortion, fill and transparency, image effects (e.g. age, edge detection), materials, morphology, non-realistic 3D shaders, overlays, pixel tools, scatter, texture, raster, render, and many more.

Surprisingly, it was light on system resources consumption in our tests, running on low CPU and RAM. Keyboard shortcuts are supported. The utility remained stable throughout our entire evaluation.

Bottom line is that X-Inscape is a comprehensive tool with advanced options for designing vector graphics, and it can become reliable in the hands of capable users looking to create anything, from simple desktop icons to complex patterns.