# 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(s) | Latest stable version | Initial release | License |
| Affinity Publisher | Serif Europe | 2.3.0 30 November 2023; 15 months ago (2023-11-30) | 2019 (2019) | Proprietary |
| Apache OpenOffice Writer | Apache Software Foundation and others | 4.1.15 22 December 2023; 14 months ago (22 December 2023) | 2002 (2002) | Apache License 2.0 (Apache OpenOffice 3.4 and later) |
| Canva | Canva Pty Ltd | Rolling updates | 2013 (2013) | Proprietary SaaS |
| Collabora Online | Collabora | 24.04.12.4 21 February 2025; 25 days ago (21 February 2025) | 2016 (2016) | MPL-2.0 and others |
| CorelDRAW | Corel | 24.5 September 18, 2023; 18 months ago (2023-09-18) | 1989 (1989) | Proprietary |
| InDesign | Adobe | CC 2024 20.0 October 2024; 5 months ago (2024-10) | 1999 (1999) | Proprietary Trialware |
| LibreOffice Draw | The Document Foundation | 25.2.1 27 February 2025; 19 days ago (27 February 2025) | 2011 (2011) | LGPL v3 |
| LyX | The LyX Team | 2.4.3 16 January 2025; 2 months ago (16 January 2025) | 1995 (1995) | GPL v2 |
| Marq | Draper | Rolling updates | 2013 | Proprietary SaaS |
| Microsoft Publisher | Microsoft Corporation | 2021 October 5, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-10-05) | 1991 (1991) | Proprietary Trialware |
| Pages | Apple Inc. | 13.2 September 21, 2023; 17 months ago (2023-09-21) | 2005 (2005) | Proprietary |
| QuarkXPress | Quark, Inc. | 2024 20.0.0 November 14, 2023; 16 months ago (2023-11-14) | 1987 (1987) | Proprietary |
| Scribus | The Scribus Team | 1.6.1 7 January 2024; 14 months ago (2024-01-07) | 2003 (2003) | GPL |
| The Print Shop | Broderbund | 23.1 2009; 16 years ago (2009) | 1984 (1984) | Proprietary |
| Desktop publishing software | Developer(s) | Latest stable version | Initial release | License |

## OS and Online support

This table shows Operating System (OS) 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 (e.g. for stability).
* 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 |
| Affinity Publisher | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Apache OpenOffice Writer | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Canva | Yes (App and Online) | Yes (App and Online) | Yes (App and Online) | Yes (App and Online) | Yes | Yes (App and Online) | Yes (App and Online) | Yes | No |
| Collabora Online | Yes (App and Online) | Yes (App and Online) | Yes (App and Online) | Yes (App and Online) | Yes (App and Online) | Yes (App and Online) | Yes (App and Online) | Yes | Yes |
| CorelDRAW | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| InDesign | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| LibreOffice | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| LyX | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | OS/2, Haiku |
| Marq | Yes (Online) | Yes (Online) | Yes (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 | No | No | No |
| QuarkXPress | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Scribus | No | Yes | 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 |

## Input format

This table gives a comparison of the file formats that can be opened or imported.
| Desktop publishing software | PDF | EPS | SVG | HTML | OpenDocument ODT | Microsoft DOCX | Other |
| Affinity Publisher | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Apache OpenOffice Writer | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Canva | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | PNG, WebP, audio, video, fonts, others |
| Collabora Online | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | PUB, TeX/LaTeX, WebP, others |
| CorelDRAW | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | others |
| InDesign | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | WebP, others |
| LibreOffice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | PUB, WPD, TeX/LaTeX, RTF, others |
| LyX | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | CSV, TeX/LaTeX, others |
| 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 |
| 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 | PDF | 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 | PDF | EPS | PNG | SVG | WebP | EPUB | HTML | Other |
| Affinity Publisher | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes, others |
| Apache OpenOffice Writer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
| Canva | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | JPEG, Video:GIF, MP4, others |
| Collabora Online | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ODF, others |
| CorelDRAW | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | PSD, AI, SWF, WPD, others |
| InDesign | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | JPG, RTF, others |
| LibreOffice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ODF, JPEG, RTF, other |
| LyX | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | PS, ODF, TeX/LaTeX, DOCX, others |
| Marq | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | JPEG, GIF, MP4, others |
| Microsoft Publisher | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | JPG, TIFF |
| Pages | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | RTF |
| QuarkXPress | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Kindle |
| 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 | PDF | EPS | PNG | SVG | WebP | EPUB | HTML | Other |