Free Scribus Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to Scribus for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Windows alternative is Affinity. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Scribus and five of them are free and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Windows alternatives to Scribus are sK1, 365Layouts.com, Omegadoc Designer and PDFrizator.

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  1. Affinity icon

    Affinity

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    Unified design solution merging advanced photo, vector, and layout tools for seamless workflow, non-destructive editing, RAW support, batch processing, AI enhancements, GPU acceleration, file compatibility, cloud asset integration, and tailored workspace options.

    65 Affinity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Affinity is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Scribus.

    • Affinity is the most popular free alternative to Scribus.

    • Affinity is Freemium and ProprietaryScribus is Free and Open Source
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    sK1

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    sK1 is an open source cross-platform vector graphics editor like CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator, or Freehand. The major feature of sK1 is a professional precise printing and prepress ready PDF output.

    32 sK1 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Scribus is used for desktop pushing/page layout. sK1 is used for making/editing vector graphics

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    • sK1 is the most popular Open Source alternative to Scribus.

    • sK1 is Free and Open SourceScribus is also Free and Open Source
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    365Layouts.com

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    365Layouts is building an online drag and drop design platform to help small business owners create advertising materials with our free design templates.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
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  5. Omegadoc Designer icon

    Omegadoc Designer

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    A DTP app that stands out with: 1 - One click export of fixed-layout eBooks in two popular formats: EPUB3 and Amazon KF8 (Mobi) formats. 2 - Styling modeled after CSS3. 3 - Superior multiple-page viewing capability. 4. Intuitive and easy to use UI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    PDFrizator

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    PDFrizator is a Freeware tool to create PDF presentations, with the possibility to setup the PDF page transition effect, page advance time, and background music. This can be done for already existing PDF's, or from the various file type formats supported, that can all be...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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