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

Flexible (hybrid vector/wp/DTP)
Corel Draw www.corel.com

Cenon www.cenon.info Coded with GNUstep suite, this app available for Linux, Windows, MacOS X. General graphics and layout.

Stone Create www.stone.com Originally coded for NeXT and then migrated to MacOS X. Part of the Stone Studio suite. General graphics and layout (print and web)