# Scribus

> Scribus is a desktop publishing app (stable 1.6.2, June 2024 per its appdata). The GitHub repo is a community mirror of the official Scribus Subversion repository, updated manually. It is GPL-2.0-or-later and supports RTL, bidi and Indic scripts and OpenType features. Building needs Qt, cairo, poppler and other libraries; we could not check the official download page (scribus.net blocks scripted requests), so install options and hardware are unconfirmed here.

- Repository: https://github.com/scribusproject/scribus
- Official docs: https://github.com/scribusproject/scribus#readme
- Checked: 2026-10-16

## What it replaces
- Adobe Creative Cloud: Page layout (InDesign) (partial). Mature desktop publishing; InDesign file compatibility not checked.

## Facts, with sources

| Question | Status | Answer | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs on my machine? | Confirmed | Yes, desktop app | https://github.com/scribusproject/scribus/blob/master/BUILDING | 2026-10-15 |
| Code licence | Partial | GPL-2.0-or-later (copyleft); some parts LGPL, BSD, MIT or public domain | https://github.com/scribusproject/scribus/blob/master/COPYING | 2026-10-15 |
| Model weights licence | Confirmed | No separate model weights | https://github.com/scribusproject/scribus#readme | 2026-10-15 |
| Commercial use | Partial | Yes, under GPL copyleft conditions | https://github.com/scribusproject/scribus/blob/master/COPYING | 2026-10-15 |
| Paid services needed? | Confirmed | None required | https://github.com/scribusproject/scribus#readme | 2026-10-15 |
| Hardware | Unknown | Not documented | none found | - |
| Operating systems | Confirmed | Build instructions for Linux/BSD, Windows and macOS in the source tree | https://github.com/scribusproject/scribus/blob/master/BUILDING | 2026-10-15 |
| Setup effort | Confirmed | Easy via the official Scribus 1.6.6 Windows installer, macOS DMG or Linux AppImage; building from source is an alternative | https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.6.6/ | 2026-10-16 |

GitHub: 639 stars, 142 forks, last push 2026-10-15, archived: no.
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