Comparison of desktop publishing software

The following is a comparison of major desktop publishing software.

Overview

This table provides general software information including the developer, latest stable version, the year in which the software was first released, and the license under which it is available.

Desktop publishing software Developer(s) Latest stable version Initial release License
Apache OpenOffice Writer Apache Software Foundation and others 4.1.1 (August 21, 2014 (2014-08-21)) 2002 (2002) Apache License 2.0 (Apache OpenOffice 3.4 and later)
Collabora Online[1] Collabora 23.05.4[2] Edit this on Wikidata 21 September 2023 2016 (2016) [3] MPL-2.0 and others
CorelDRAW Corel X8 (18.0) (March 15, 2016 (2016-03-15)) 1989 (1989) Commercial, proprietary
Fatpaint (Cloud-based) Mersica Inc. 1.98 (August 19, 2011 (2011-08-19)) 2010 (2010) Freeware
Flare MadCap Software 2019 (March 29, 2019 (2019-03-29)) 2006 (2006) Commercial, proprietary
FrameMaker Adobe Systems 12.0.3 (September 25, 2014 (2014-09-25)) 1986 (1986) Commercial, proprietary
Impression_(software) Xara (May 18, 2015 (2015-05-18)) 1990 (1990) Commercial, proprietary
InDesign Adobe Systems CC 2020 (15.0) (November 2019 (2019-11))[4] 1999 (1999) Commercial, proprietary
InPage InPage Team 3.0 (2008 (2008)) 1994 (1994) Commercial, proprietary
iStudio Publisher iStudio Software 1.3 (February 3, 2017 (2017-02-03)) 2009 (2009) Commercial, proprietary
LibreOffice Draw[5] The Document Foundation
  • Fresh:[6] 7.6.2[7] Edit this on Wikidata (26 September 2023)
  • Still:[6]
 2011 (2011) LGPL v3
LyX The LyX Team 2.3.0 (March 16, 2018 (2018-03-16)) 1995 (1995) GPL
Microsoft Publisher Microsoft Corporation 16.0 (September 22, 2015 (2015-09-22)) 1991 (1991) Trialware
PageMaker* Adobe Systems 7.0.2 (March 30, 2004 (2004-03-30)) 1985 (1985) Commercial, proprietary
PagePlus Serif Europe X9 (November 19, 2015 (2015-11-19)) 1991 (1991) Commercial, proprietary
Pages Apple Inc. 12.0 (April 7, 2022 (2022-04-07)) [±] 2005 (2005) Commercial, proprietary
PageStream Grasshopper LLC 5.0 (2005 (2005)) 1986 (1986) Commercial, proprietary
QuarkXPress Quark, Inc. 2017 (April 16, 2017 (2017-04-16)) 1987 (1987) Commercial, proprietary
Ready,Set,Go! Diwan Software Limited 7.7.8b (September 2009 (2009-09)) 1985 (1985) Commercial, proprietary
Scribus The Scribus Team Stable: 14.4.8; Development:1.5.7 (0 April 2021 (2021-04-00)) 2003 (2003) GPL
The Print Shop Brøderbund 23.0 (2009 (2009)) 1984 (1984) Commercial, proprietary
Ventura* Corel 10.0 (2002 (2002)) 1986 (1986) Commercial, proprietary
Desktop publishing software Developer(s) Latest stable version Initial release License
Discontinued
PageMaker Ventura

Operating system

This table gives a comparison of what operating systems are compatible with each software in their latest version.

Desktop publishing software Windows MacOS Linux BSD UNIX Other
Apache OpenOffice Writer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Collabora Online Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Android, ChromeOS, iOS, iPadOS, Web browsers
CorelDRAW Yes supported versions<11 No No No No
Fatpaint Yes Yes Yes No No No
Flare Yes No No No No No
FrameMaker Yes supported versions<7 No No supported versions<8 No
Impression_(software) No No No No No RISC_OS
InDesign Yes Yes No No No No
InPage Yes No No No No No
iStudio Publisher No Yes No No No No
LibreOffice Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes OpenIndiana
LyX Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes OS/2
Microsoft Publisher Yes No No No No No
PageMaker* Yes Yes No No No No
PagePlus Yes No No No No No
Pages No Yes No No No No
PageStream Yes Yes Yes No No AmigaOS, MorphOS
QuarkXPress Yes Yes No No No No
Ready,Set,Go! Yes Yes No No No No
Scribus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes OS/2 Warp 4, ArcaOS, eComStation, OpenIndiana, Solaris, Haiku
The Print Shop Yes Yes No No No No
Ventura* Yes No No No No No
Desktop publishing software Windows MacOS Linux BSD UNIX Other

Input format

This table gives a comparison of the file formats each software can import or open.

Desktop publishing software PDF EPS SVG TeX/LaTeX RTF HTML Word .doc OOXML .docx Other
Apache OpenOffice Writer Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes PSD, WPD, XLS
Collabora Online Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ODF, PSD, WPD, XLSX
CorelDRAW Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes PSD, AI, SWF, WPD
Fatpaint No No No No No No No No JPG, PNG
Flare Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes XLS, Adobe Framemaker, Adobe RoboHelp, Microsoft Compiled HTML Help, DITA
FrameMaker Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No WPD
InDesign Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes PSD, AI, SWF, WPD, XLS
InPage No Yes No No No No No No No
iStudio Publisher Yes No No No No No No No PSD, AI
LibreOffice Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ODF, PSD, WPD, XLSX
LyX No No No Yes No Yes No No No
Microsoft Publisher No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
PageMaker* Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes No No
PagePlus Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No
Pages No No No No Yes No Yes Yes No
QuarkXPress Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No PSD, AI, SWF, XLS, JPG, PNG PDF
Scribus Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No List
The Print Shop No No No No No No No No No
Ventura* Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes No PSD, AI, WPD
Desktop publishing software PDF EPS SVG TeX/LaTeX RTF HTML Word .doc OOXML .docx Other

Output format

This table gives a comparison of the file formats each software can export or save.

Desktop publishing software PDF EPS SVG TeX/LaTeX HTML Other
Apache OpenOffice Writer Yes Yes Yes No Yes RTF
Collabora Online Yes No No No No ODF, PDF, PNG
CorelDRAW Yes Yes Yes No Yes PSD, AI, SWF, WPD
Fatpaint No No No No No JPG, PNG
Flare Yes No No No Yes DOC, EPUB, HTML5
FrameMaker Yes Yes No No Yes DOC, WPD
InDesign Yes Yes No No Yes EPUB, SWF, XML, RTF
InPage No Yes No No No GIF
iStudio Publisher Yes No No No No EPUB, RTF
LibreOffice Yes Yes Yes No Yes ODF, PDF, PNG, RTF
LyX Yes No No Yes Yes PS, ODF
Microsoft Publisher Yes No No No Yes JPG, PNG, TIFF
PageMaker* with Distiller Yes No No No No
PagePlus Yes Yes No No Yes No
Pages Yes No No No Yes EPUB, RTF
QuarkXPress Yes Yes No No Yes EPUB, Kindle, iOS, HTML5
Scribus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes List
The Print Shop Yes No No No No No
Ventura* Yes Yes No No No RTF, PSD, AI, WPD
Desktop publishing software PDF EPS SVG TeX/LaTeX HTML Other

See also

References
  1. "Create great flyers, newsletters, brochures and more with open source software". opensource.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-08.
  2. "Collabora Online 23.05 Release Notes".
  3. "Collabora Productivity releases Collabora Online 1.0 "Engine" for Hosters and Clouds" (Press release). Collabora Productivity. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016. Collabora Productivity, the driving force behind putting LibreOffice in the Cloud, has released the first production grade version of Collabora Online, its flagship cloud document suite solution.
  4. Hoang, Wayne (2019-11-04). "Adobe InDesign 2020". Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  5. "Create great flyers, newsletters, brochures, and more with open source software". opensource.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-08.
  6. https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/
  7. Italo Vignoli (26 September 2023). "Important release of LibreOffice 7.6.2 Community and LibreOffice 7.5.7 Community with key security fix". Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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