Scribus
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
1warn against
Dec 8, 2025first mention
Sep 16, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“InDesign -> Affinity Layout or Scribus or VivaDesigner”
switched from InDesignon “Adobe modifies hosts file to detect whether Creative…”
“There is also Scribus [1].”
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“Scribus is very intuitive and with enough time I could churn out a beautiful looking effective resume on my first try”
switched from Microsoft Publisheron “Microsoft increases Office 365 and Microsoft 365 lic…”
Caveats and dissent
“more competent alternatives to Scribus for Linux”
Often compared with
Threads where it came up
- Personal Encyclopedias 2 mentions
- Microsoft increases Office 365 and Microsoft 365 license prices 2 mentions
- A coffee shop owner used AI to make a menu poster. Then came the angry DMs 1 mention
- Inkscape 1.4.4 1 mention
- Adobe modifies hosts file to detect whether Creative Cloud is installed 1 mention
- Microsoft Discontinuing Publisher. Alternatives? 1 mention
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All comments 9
“Pages on a mac or Libre Office or Scribus”
“import the SVG into Scribus and modify the colours there”
“InDesign -> Affinity Layout or Scribus or VivaDesigner”
“more competent alternatives to Scribus for Linux”
physical books are a greate idea. I do something similar but with email and more pro-active [1]. I have created my son an email address when he was born and I'm sending him things from our lives and ask family members to to the same. Just to write them about themselves and send photos of their current homes and gardens and partners. I imagining him looking through his email when he's 18 and reading personalize messag
“Once you know that, you can set up Scribus appropriately.”
“Scribus is an open source project but I’m not sure how the quality is in that.”
“There is also Scribus [1].”
“Scribus is very intuitive and with enough time I could churn out a beautiful looking effective resume on my first try”