Similar Programs

Here is a list for similar programs that exist beneath Scribus.

See also a related listing of commercial DTP tools at web links on www.scribus.net

Purely DTP

 * QuarkXPress http://www.quark.com/
 * Major player


 * Adobe InDesign http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/
 * Major player


 * Adobe PageMaker http://www.adobe.com/products/pagemaker/
 * Largely deprecated in favour of InDesign.


 * Apple Pages http://www.apple.com/au/iwork/pages/
 * Newly introduced for enduser and part of the iWork package.


 * VivaDesigner http://www.vivadesigner.de
 * is available for download as a beta version, you need to register and then you will be emailed a valid licence key every 30 days.


 * Passepartout http://www.stacken.kth.se/project/pptout/
 * Open Source using GTK+ in a very early stage.

Long-document and flexible wordprocessing tools

 * Adobe FrameMaker http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/


 * OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org

TeX/LaTeX

 * LaTeX
 * MiKTeX
 * LyX