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Sketch keeps its Mac app on a three-releases-a-year rhythm while the web app gets small views

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◆Current state
Sketch ships named Mac releases (Dublin in April, Edinburgh in June, Florence in August), each bundling requested craft features, with point releases in between. Florence focused on Stacks sizing and layout and wider use of effects and shadows; 2026.3.1 carried it forward with enhancements for macOS 27 Golden Gate. The web app runs separately, adding a Command Bar and reworked notifications in July and, at the end of October, three grid sizes for browsing documents.
◆Where it's heading
The Mac app keeps deepening existing tools rather than adding new areas, and the web app keeps gaining navigation and browsing comfort. Both tracks are incremental; nothing in the recent entries changes what Sketch is for.
◆Prediction
If the pattern of three named releases a year holds, the next named Mac release would follow in a new year cycle; the entries do not say what it will contain.

◆Recent moves

  1. 11d ago

    Web app: Grid size options

    Grid view in the web app now comes in small, medium and large sizes, for scanning many documents or inspecting thumbnails. A small browsing improvement on the web track, in line with July's Command Bar work.

  2. 1mo ago

    Sketch 2026.3.1 adds macOS 27 support to the Florence release

    The Florence point release adds enhancements for macOS 27 Golden Gate alongside fixes. It keeps the Mac app current with the new OS rather than adding features.

  3. 2mo ago

    Stacks gain sizing and layout options; shadows reach more places

    Florence extends Stacks with more sizing and layout control and broadens where effects and shadows can be applied. It is the third named release of 2026 and continues the pattern of deepening existing systems rather than adding new ones.

  4. 3mo ago

    Web app: Command Bar and better notifications

    The web app gains a Command Bar for navigation and a rebuilt notifications experience. Both are table stakes for a collaborative workspace and mark the web client maturing on a separate track from the Mac editor.

  5. 3mo ago

    Edinburgh features roll forward with minor fixes

    A point release carrying the Edinburgh feature set forward with minor improvements and bug fixes. Standard maintenance between named releases.

  6. 4mo ago

    Edinburgh (2026.2)

    Edinburgh brought multi-paste, perceptual and vibrant gradients, symbol and Library performance work, and prototype player options. A characteristic Sketch bundle of long-standing requests rather than a directional move.