Scribus

Open Source GPL-2.0

Professional open-source desktop publishing

Difficulty
●●● Advanced
Last check
2026-05-06

Description

Scribus is an open-source desktop publishing application for professional print workflows: magazines, books, brochures, newsletters, posters. Supports CMYK, ICC profiles, print-ready PDF/X export, spot colours, OpenType features and master pages — a full FOSS alternative to Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress.

Preview

Scribus Preview

Platforms

Linux Windows macOS

Replaces the following proprietary tools

Adobe InDesign Scribus
QuarkXPress Scribus

Tags

#dtp #publishing #print #pdf #qt
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