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 | Latest stable version | Initial release | License |
| Affinity Publisher | Serif Europe | 2.3.0 | ||
| Apache OpenOffice Writer | Apache Software Foundation and others | |||
| Canva | Canva Pty Ltd | Rolling updates | ||
| Collabora Online | Collabora | |||
| CorelDRAW | Corel | 24.5 | ||
| InDesign | Adobe | CC 2024 20.0 | ||
| LibreOffice Draw | The Document Foundation | |||
| LyX | The LyX Team | v2 | ||
| Marq | Draper | Rolling updates | 2013 | |
| Microsoft Publisher | Microsoft Corporation | 2021 | ||
| Pages | Apple Inc. | 13.2 | ||
| QuarkXPress | Quark, Inc. | 2024 20.0.0 | ||
| Scribus | The Scribus Team | 1.6.4 | ||
| The Print Shop | Broderbund | 23.1 | ||
| VivaDesigner | Viva Vertrieb GmbH | 11.4.0.9212 | ||
| Desktop publishing software | Developer | Latest stable version | Initial release | License |
OS and Online support
This table shows Operating System compatibility with the latest version of the desktop publishing applications, there are five possibilities:No indicates that it does not exist or was never released.Partial indicates that the application lacks important functionality and it is still being developed.Beta indicates that while a version of the application is fully functional and has been released, it is still in development.Yes indicates that the application has been officially released in a fully functional, stable version.Dropped indicates that while the application works, new versions are no longer being released for the indicated OS; the number in parentheses is the last known stable version which was officially released for that OS.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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| Desktop publishing software | Android | ChromeOS | iOS | iPadOS | Linux | MacOS | Windows | Web, Online, Cloud | Other OS |
Input format
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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| LyX | , others | ||||||
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| Desktop publishing software | EPS | SVG | HTML | OpenDocument ODT | Microsoft DOCX | Other |
Output format
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 | |
| Affinity Publisher | , others | |||||||
| Apache OpenOffice Writer | ||||||||
| Canva | , others | |||||||
| Collabora Online | , others | |||||||
| CorelDRAW | , others | |||||||
| InDesign | ||||||||
| LibreOffice | , other | |||||||
| LyX | , DOCX, others | |||||||
| Marq | , others | |||||||
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| Pages | ||||||||
| QuarkXPress | ||||||||
| Scribus | ||||||||
| The Print Shop | ||||||||
| Desktop publishing software | EPS | PNG | SVG | WebP | EPUB | HTML | Other |