Adobe InDesign Alternatives for Linux

Adobe InDesign is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Scribus, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Adobe InDesign and 11 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Adobe InDesign are Canva, DesignCraft, VivaDesigner and Laidout.

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  1. Scribus icon
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    Open-source desktop publishing software offering flexible layouts and typesetting, professional image setting, CMYK support, interactive PDFs, vector tools, and wide format support, perfect for creating newspapers, brochures, and more on Mac, Windows, Linux, and BSD.

    32 Scribus alternatives

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    • Windows
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    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
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    • Flatpak
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  2. Canva icon
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    A comprehensive design application combining innovative photo and video editing with advanced AI capabilities to streamline creating designs. Users can produce unique graphics, engaging social media content using customizable templates and thousands of images, videos, and fonts accessible through its vast library.

    215 Canva alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  3. VivaDesigner icon
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    This economically priced high end DTP program is extremely powerful and still very easy to use. With its innovative concepts, you can decisively improve your working processes and document management. With VivaDesigner, all collaborations between end customers, corporations and...

    67 VivaDesigner alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Laidout icon
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    Laidout is desktop publishing software, particularly for multipage, cut and folded booklets, with page sizes that don't even have to be rectangular. The whole page view can be rotated to any angle. Warping is implemented.

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  5. PageStream icon
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    Pagestream is a proprietary desktop publishing program for Linux, Windows, Macintosh, and Amiga. It was originally released under the name Publishing Partner in 1986.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AmigaOS
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  6. 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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Pagination lets you connect data from any source with custom InDesign layouts, and automatically create beautiful catalogs and price lists.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  8. BroadVision QuickSilver enables businesses to create and publish lengthy, complex documents in virtually any language and any format.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Design screens, graphics and prototypes in one place. Draw with vectors, lay out frames, build with components, then connect it all into a prototype you can click through.

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    • Linux
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  10. Passepartout icon
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    Passepartout is a desktop publishing system that is based on the idea of automatic typesetting of streams of XML based text documents.The project was started back in 2002 to facilitate a particular task — creating a newspaper. These days the project is somewhat dormant.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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