The following is a comparison of major desktop publishing software.
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 |
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Affinity Publisher | Serif Europe | 2.3.0 30 November 2023; 7 months ago (2023-11-30)[1] | 2019 (2019) | Proprietary |
Apache OpenOffice Writer | Apache Software Foundation and others | 4.1.15[2] ![]() | 2002 (2002)[3] | Apache License 2.0 (Apache OpenOffice 3.4 and later) |
Canva | Canva Pty Ltd | Rolling updates | 2013 (2013) | Proprietary SaaS |
Collabora Online[4] | Collabora | 24.04.4.4[5] ![]() | 2016 (2016) [6] | MPL-2.0 and others |
CorelDRAW | Corel | 24.5 18 September 2023; 9 months ago (2023-09-18) | 1989 (1989) | Proprietary |
InDesign | Adobe | CC 2024 19.2 February 2024; 5 months ago (2024-02) | 1999 (1999) | Proprietary Trialware |
LibreOffice Draw[7] | The Document Foundation | 24.2.4[8] ![]() | 2011 (2011) | LGPL v3 |
LyX | The LyX Team | 2.4.1[9] ![]() | 1995 (1995) | GPL v2[10] |
Marq | Draper | Rolling updates | 2013 | Proprietary SaaS |
Microsoft Publisher | Microsoft Corporation | 2021 October 5, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-10-05)[11] | 1991 (1991) | Proprietary Trialware |
Pages | Apple Inc. | 13.2 September 21, 2023; 9 months ago (2023-09-21)[12] | 2005 (2005) | Proprietary |
QuarkXPress | Quark, Inc. | 2024 20.0.0 November 14, 2023; 7 months ago (2023-11-14) | 1987 (1987) | Proprietary |
Scribus | The Scribus Team | 1.6.1[13] 7 January 2024; 6 months ago (2024-01-07) | 2003 (2003) | GPL |
The Print Shop | Brøderbund | 23.1 2009; 15 years ago (2009)[a] | 1984 (1984) | Proprietary |
Desktop publishing software | Developer(s) | Latest stable version | Initial release | License |
This table shows Operating System (OS) compatibility with the latest version of the desktop publishing applications, there are five possibilities:
Application names that are on a light purple background are discontinued.
Desktop publishing software | Android | ChromeOS | iOS | iPadOS | Linux | MacOS | Windows | Web, Online, Cloud | Other OS |
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Affinity Publisher | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No[14] |
Apache OpenOffice Writer | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes[b] | Yes | No | Yes[15][c][d] |
Canva | Yes[e] (App[16] and Online) | Yes (App and Online) | Yes[e] (App[17] and Online) | Yes (App and Online) | Yes | Yes (App and Online) | Yes (App and Online) | Yes | No[18] |
Collabora Online | Yes[e] (App[19] and Online) | Yes (App[20] and Online) | Yes[e] (App[21] and Online) | Yes (App and Online) | Yes (App and Online) | Yes (App[22] and Online) | Yes (App and Online) | Yes | Yes[f][d] |
CorelDRAW | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No[23] |
InDesign | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No[24] |
LibreOffice | No | Yes[25][d] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[f] |
LyX | No | Yes[26] | No | No | Yes[27] | Yes | Yes | No | OS/2, Haiku |
Marq | Yes[e][28] (Online) | Yes (Online) | Yes[e][29] (Online) | Yes (Online) | Yes (Online) | Yes (Online) | Yes (Online) | Yes | No |
Microsoft Publisher | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Pages | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[30] | No | No | No |
QuarkXPress | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[31] | Yes | No | No |
Scribus | No | Yes[32] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | OS/2 Warp 4, ArcaOS, eComStation, OpenIndiana, Solaris, Haiku |
The Print Shop | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Desktop publishing software | Android | ChromeOS | iOS | iPadOS | Linux | MacOS | Windows | Web, Online, Cloud | Other OS |
This table gives a comparison of the file formats that can be opened or imported.
Desktop publishing software | EPS | SVG | HTML | OpenDocument ODT | Microsoft DOCX | Other | |
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Affinity Publisher | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes[33] |
Apache OpenOffice Writer | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes[34] |
Canva | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | PNG, WebP, audio, video, fonts, others[35] |
Collabora Online | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | PUB, TeX/LaTeX, WebP, others[36][37] |
CorelDRAW | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | others[38] |
InDesign | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | WebP, others[39] |
LibreOffice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | PUB, WPD, TeX/LaTeX, RTF, others[40] |
LyX | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | CSV, TeX/LaTeX, others[41] |
Marq | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | PNG |
Microsoft Publisher | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | RTF |
Pages | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | RTF[42] |
QuarkXPress | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | PSD, AI, SWF, PNG PDF, RTF |
Scribus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | PUB, TeX/LaTeX, others List |
The Print Shop | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Desktop publishing software | EPS | SVG | HTML | OpenDocument ODT | Microsoft DOCX | Other |
This table gives a comparison of the file formats each software can export or save.
Desktop publishing software | EPS | PNG | SVG | WebP | EPUB | HTML | Other | |
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Affinity Publisher | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes, others[43] |
Apache OpenOffice Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | [44] |
Canva | Yes | No | Yes[g][45] | Yes | Yes | No | No | JPEG, Video:GIF, MP4, others[46] |
Collabora Online | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ODF, others[47][48] |
CorelDRAW | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | PSD, AI, SWF, WPD, others[49] |
InDesign | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | JPG, RTF, others[50] |
LibreOffice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ODF, JPEG, RTF, other[51] |
LyX | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | PS, ODF, TeX/LaTeX], DOCX, others[52] |
Marq | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | JPEG, GIF, MP4, others[53] |
Microsoft Publisher | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | JPG, TIFF |
Pages | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | RTF[54] |
QuarkXPress | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Kindle[55] |
Scribus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | List, TeX/LaTeX] |
The Print Shop | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Desktop publishing software | EPS | PNG | SVG | WebP | EPUB | HTML | Other |
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See also | |