Looking for a tool for editorial design

[Mel987]

Hi! Does anybody know about an open software specialized for editorial design? I know about Inkscape but I think that it's more equivalent to sofwares like CorelDraw or Illustrator, I would like to know if there's an equivanet for something more like InDesign.

Thanks for reading my question!

[rich2005]

(08-02-2025, 01:58 AM)Mel987 Wrote: Hi! Does anybody know about an open software specialized for editorial design? I know about Inkscape but I think that it's more equivalent to sofwares like CorelDraw or Illustrator, I would like to know if there's an equivanet for something more like InDesign.

Thanks for reading my question!

I do not think there is any exact equivalent.   For DTP there is Scribus, https://www.scribus.net/ It is frame based and rarely used alone, graphics from Gimp or Inkscape. Text , entered directly or from one of the common document formats also LaTeX for specialised work.

If it is just a cover page with Graphics then you have already come across Inkscape.

Edit: I should note that if you require a PDF for anything, then Scribus makes good documents.

[Mel987]

(08-02-2025, 07:03 AM)rich2005 Wrote:

(08-02-2025, 01:58 AM)Mel987 Wrote: Hi! Does anybody know about an open software specialized for editorial design? I know about Inkscape but I think that it's more equivalent to sofwares like CorelDraw or Illustrator, I would like to know if there's an equivanet for something more like InDesign.

Thanks for reading my question!

I do not think there is any exact equivalent.   For DTP there is Scribus, https://www.scribus.net/  It is frame based and rarely used alone, graphics from Gimp or Inkscape. Text , entered directly or from one of the common document formats also LaTeX for specialised work.

If it is just a cover page with Graphics then you have already come across Inkscape.

Edit: I should note that if you require a PDF for anything, then Scribus makes good documents.

Thanks a lot! I will check them out.