By Ross Madden
Published on July 5, 2019 10:31 am MT Updated on September 10, 2026 12:16 pm MT Posted in General CNSIT, Knowledge Base
This post is marked as Deprecated and therefore contains outdated information.
The information in this article is designed to inform users interested in purchasing Adobe InDesign of a potential free alternative. Adobe InDesign is part of the Adobe Creative Cloud now, and involves annual licensing costs that turn most folks off (https://ramtech.colostate.edu/sample-page/department-software-page/#adobecc).
Scribus is a free and open source page layout program and is available here: https://www.scribus.net
Along the same vein as the recent article comparing GIMP and Adobe Photoshop (https://cnsit.colostate.edu/kb/gimp-vs-adobe-photoshop), I don’t use InDesign myself, and therefore am a poor source for determining whether this is a good alternative or not. However, there are plenty of comparisons and demos online from folks that actually do use this stuff. Check out the following:
