The following is a list of major desktop publishing software. A wide range of related software tools exist in this field, including many plug-ins and tools related to the applications listed below.
Several software directories provide more comprehensive listings of desktop publishing software, including VersionTracker and Tucows.
Free / Open-source
Proprietary
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe PageMaker, was Aldus Pagemaker; supplanted by InDesign
- Corel Draw
- QuarkXPress
- FlippingBook – software for creating online publications, magazines, photo albums and flip books with page turning effect
- FrameMaker, now owned by Adobe
- Greenstreet Publisher Home and Publisher Business
- Flip PDF – Convert PDF files into elegent page flip eBooks or publish digital magazines
- InPage - DTP which works with English + Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Pashto etc.
- Interleaf/QuickSilver
- iStudio Publisher - Desktop publishing and page layout software for Mac OS X
- Microsoft Publisher
- Microsoft Publisher - for Mac OS
- Ovation for RISC OS
- Pages, by Apple, Inc.
- PageStream, formerly known as Publishing Partner
- Prefis BookMachine - Early 80s Publishing software that ran on the Apricot PC/Xi - output in CORA to Linotron 202.
- Prince XML, by YesLogic
- Print Shop, originally produced by Broderbund
- RagTime
- Serif PagePlus
- SVG Kit for Adobe Creative Suite is a plug-in, which adds support of SVG files to Adobe InDesign
- Ventura Publisher, now owned by Corel and originally developed by Xerox
- UltraXML, XML Dynamic Publishing Solution
- Xara Photo and Graphic Designer
- Xara Designer Pro X
- Print MIS, Solution provider for the printing industry
- Business Builder for Print, Business management software for the print industry.
- Easy Flyer Creator - Easy to use Desktop Publishing Software with built-in templates for various industries
Historical
- Prefis BookMachine - Early 80s Publishing software that ran on the Apricot PC/Xi - output in CORA to Linotron 202
- 1st Press Desktop Publishing Software, GST Software
- 1st Word Publisher, GST Software
- AcornDTP - for RISC OS
- Adobe HomePublisher, was Aldus Personal Press
- Aldus Personal Press, was Silicon Beach Software's Personal Press
- AppleWorks for Mac and Windows
- Calamus - for the Atari TT030
- Canon Publisher, Canon
- Compuworks Publisher
- Express Publisher, Power Up Software
- Finesse, Logitech Inc.
- Fuji Publisher
- GEM Desktop Publisher, Digital Research Inc.
- geoPublish - for the Commodore 64
- Page Builder, CSI Publishing
- PFS: First Publisher, Software Publishing Co.
- Pressworks, GST Software
- Home Publisher - for the Apple II
- IMSI TurboPublisher
- Legend, NBI
- Macmillan Publisher
- Media Graphics Publishers Paradise
- Media Graphics Page Express
- Micro Vision Publisher
- The Newsroom, Springboard Software, for the Apple II and IBM PC
- The Office Publisher, Laser Friendly
- PageMagic and Page Magic Gold, NEBS
- Personal Soft Publications
- Pressworks, GSP
- Pro Page - for the Amiga
- Prosoft Fontasy
- Pushbutton Desktop Publisher
- Timeworks Publisher
- Timeworks Publish-It! Easy for the Mac
- TJ-2 - for the PDP-1
- Softkey Publisher
- Springboard Publisher, Springboard Software
- Sybex Page Publisher
- VCI Pro Publisher
- Corel Draw
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