Scribus
Scribus is a desktop page layout program with the aim of producing commercial grade output in PDF and Postscript.
| Tags | Text Editors multimedia Graphics Editors PDF |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Windows Windows Windows Mac OS X OS/2 |
| Implementation | C++ |
Recent releases
- 14 May 2012 00:28
Release Notes: This release adds GiveLife Color System palettes (license in the swatches directory), adds updates to resolve small canvas issues, fixes bitmap and SVG image importation issues, adds undo steps for path operations and page moving, fixes master page behavior, fixes text editing issues, enhances the scripter, updates translations, significantly updates the Italian version of the help documents, and relocates profiles and swatches to the share directory of Unix-like systems (Linux, OS X, etc.) to fit in with the FHS.
- 02 Jan 2012 22:39
Release Notes: More than 2000 feature requests and bugs have been resolved since the development of this version started.
- 19 Jun 2011 06:56
Release Notes: Fixes were made for the Story Editor, Styles, and buggy fonts. Support was added for CUPS 1.5.
- 30 Mar 2011 07:40
Release Notes: Crash bugs were fixed. A lot of undo updates were made (including updates to text undo). Usability fixes were made. A move was made to 140 versioned preference files. A number of older bugs were triaged and fixed.
- 08 Mar 2011 21:52
Release Notes: This is the second release candidate to be the next stable 1.4.x. Since 1.3.3.x, there has been a complete port to Qt4 and over a thousand bugfixes and feature requests.
Recent comments
Having tried Scribus several times over the years and always found it crash-prone, I have recently used it in earnest for the first time recently, and found 1.3.3.14 to be fine. The upcoming 1.4 series looks good too, and I've pointed a Mac-using friend at it (as 1.3.x isn't ported to Mac OS), who is also pretty happy. It's good to see the developers are in this for the long haul...
Runs on win32 now!
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Excellent software
I'm using it for a 14-daily magazin with 60+ pages and together with the Python scripting, Scribus just rocks.
Sure, it needs some improvements, but the words about the upcoming 1.3 are promising and the developers are very active and open for patches and feature requests.
Heartbeat
- Popularity Score
- 980.97
- Vitality Score
- 435.80
- Subscriptions
- 383
