Scribus

Open-source desktop publishing for print layouts

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Last commityesterday18 Oct 2026

LicenceGPL-2.0Per the project

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Scribus is a free desktop publishing application for print layouts, book interiors and covers. It exports press-ready PDF and is the usual open-source answer to InDesign for books.

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Status	Open source
Licence	GPL-2.0
Platforms	Windows, macOS, Linux
Category	Formatting & publishing
Website	scribus.net
Source	GitHub

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