Sigil Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Sigil for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is calibre, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Sigil and eight of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Sigil are Pandoc, Jutoh, PageEdit and SCRIBA Senato eBook Maker.

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Sigil alternatives page was last updated Mar 10, 2025

calibre
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Free e-book manager with features including library management, format conversion, syncing to devices, internet-independent operation, built-in viewer, news download as e-books, text-to-speech, privacy focus, extensible plugins, and no registration or tracking.
116 calibre alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application types
Ebook Reader
PDF Reader
Origin
India
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Self-Hosted
Flathub
PortableApps.com
Homebrew
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calibre vs Sigil Comments

Guest
Negative commentMar 10, 2025
0
These apps serve different purposes: Sigil's is to create ebooks, calibre's is to manage your ebook library.
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Guest
Negative commentDec 16, 2024
0
calibre is a book manager without any "creation" functionality .
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Guest
Negative commentAug 19, 2016
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Sigil is a tool to create ebooks, while Calibre is there to manage an ebook library. Completely different core functions.
Review by a new / low-activity user.
calibre is Free and Open SourceSigil is also Free and Open Source
calibre is Lightweight and Privacy focusedSigil is not according to our users
Pandoc
91 likes
Pandoc is a Haskell library for converting from one markup format to another, and a command-line tool that uses this library.
18 Pandoc alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
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Pandoc vs Sigil Comments

Guest
Negative commentNov 15, 2019
6
It's a conversion software, not an epub creator.
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Pandoc is Free and Open SourceSigil is also Free and Open Source
Jutoh
13 likes
Jutoh is an e-book creation and conversion tool available on Windows, Mac, and Linux. It supports the creation of various e-book types and can convert these into formats such as ePub for Kindle, iBookstore, iBooks, iPhone, and Mobipocket.
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
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PageEdit
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An ePub visual XHTML editor based on Sigil's Deprecated BookView.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
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SCRIBA Senato eBook Maker
5 likes
"Scriba eBook Maker" is a project for building ebooks (in ePub, PDF and zip formats) using contents already available in other formats (e.g., HTML, PDF, XML, etc.) both on the Web and on file systems.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Ebook Editor
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
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AsciidocFX
2 likes
Asciidoc FX is a book / document editor to build PDF, Epub, Mobi and HTML books, documents and slides. AsciidocFX is also a winner of Duke’s Choice Award 2015.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application type
Text Editor
Origin
Türkiye
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
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NextBook
4 likes
NextBook is quick and easy way to buid technical books or documentation that support modern standards and run blazingly fast. It's built with MDX and Next.js and works by compiling markdown or MDX down to plain static html.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application types
Documentation Generator
Static Site Generator
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
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Lucidor
9 likes
Read e-books in the EPUB file format, and organize and browse catalogs in the OPDS format. Lucidor depends on Pale Moon being installed.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Ebook Reader
Origin
Sweden
EU
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Windows
Linux
Moodle
Pale Moon
+4
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Lucidor vs Sigil Comments

Andriy Tymchenko
Negative commentFeb 13, 2025
0
Lucidor is for reading, while Sigil is for writing.
Guest
Negative commentMar 8, 2018
4
It's not an editor; it's a reader
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Lucidor is Free and Open SourceSigil is also Free and Open Source