List of desktop publishing software

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The following is a list of major desktop publishing software. A wide range of related software tools exist in this field including many plug-ins and tools related to the applications listed below.

Several software directories provide more comprehensive listings of desktop publishing software, including VersionTracker and Tucows.

## Contents

* 1 Free software
* 1.1 Desktop publishing software for Windows, macOS, Linux and other operating systems
* 1.2 Online desktop publishing software
* 2 Proprietary
* 2.1 Desktop publishing software for Windows
* 2.2 Desktop publishing software for macOS
* 2.3 Online desktop publishing software
* 3 Retired
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Free software

This section lists free software which does desktop publishing. All of these are required to be open-source. While not required, the software listed in this section is available free of charge. (In principle, in rare cases, free software is sold without being distributed over the Internet.)

### Desktop publishing software for Windows, macOS, Linux and other operating systems

* Collabora Online Draw[1] and Collabora Online Writer. The applications for Windows, macOS, Linux and ChromeOS are also known as Collabora Office.
* LibreOffice Draw[1] and LibreOffice Writer[1] for Windows, macOS, Linux, BSDs and others
* LyX for Windows, MacOS, Linux, UNIX, OS/2 and Haiku, based on the LaTeX typesetting system, initial release in 1995
* Scribus for Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Unix, Haiku, OS/2, based on the free Qt toolkit, initial release in 2003

### Online desktop publishing software

* Collabora Online Draw[1] and Collabora Online Writer[1]
* Scenari, open source single-source publishing tool with support for chain publication

## Proprietary

### Desktop publishing software for Windows

* XEditpro Automated Publishing Tool - DiacriTech, 1997
* Adobe InDesign
* Adobe FrameMaker
* Adobe PageMaker, discontinued in 2004
* Affinity Publisher
* CatBase
* Calamus
* CorelDRAW
* Corel Ventura, previously Ventura Publisher, originally developed by Xerox, now owned by Corel
* FrameMaker, now owned by Adobe
* InPage \- DTP which works with English + Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Pashto etc.
* MadCap Flare
* Microsoft Publisher
* PageStream, formerly known as Publishing Partner
* Prince XML, by YesLogic
* QuarkXPress
* RagTime
* Ready, Set, Go!
* Xara Designer Pro X
* Xara Page & Layout Designer

### Desktop publishing software for macOS

* Adobe InDesign
* Adobe PageMaker, discontinued in 2004
* Affinity Publisher
* CatBase
* iCalamus
* iStudio Publisher – desktop publishing and page layout software for Mac OS X
* Pages, by Apple, Inc.
* QuarkXPress
* Ready, Set, Go!
* Print Shop, originally produced by Broderbund

### Online desktop publishing software

* Canva
* Fatpaint
* Lucidpress – desktop publishing and page layout software that is web-based and collaborative.
* Piktochart
* Infogram

## Retired

* AppleWorks for Mac and Windows
* Calamus \- for Atari TOS-based computers
* geoPublish \- for the Commodore 64
* Timeworks Publisher
* Impression and Impression Publisher - for the Acorn Archimedes
* Corel Ventura

## See also

* Comparison of desktop publishing software

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Create great flyers, newsletters, brochures, and more with open source software". https://opensource.com/alternatives/microsoft-publisher.

## External links

* Comparison of DTP Features
* Multilingual desktop publishing tools

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Desktop publishing software

Free software|

* Scribus
* LyX
* LibreOffice Draw

Software freeware|

* PagePlus SE
* PDF-XChange
* Fatpaint (Cloud-based)

Proprietary software|

* Acrobat
* FrameMaker
* InDesign
* PageMaker
* Calamus
* Corel Ventura
* MadCap Flare
* Microsoft Publisher
* PagePlus
* Pages
* PageStream
* QuarkXPress
* Timeworks Publisher

See also|

* Web design
* Mobile publishing
* Electronic publishing
* Printing
* List of PDF software
* Comparison of e-book readers

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