Example uses include writing newspapers, brochures, newsletters, posters, and books. Scribus can also create animated and interactive PDF presentations and forms. It is designed for layout, typesetting, and preparation of files for professional-quality image-setting equipment. Scribus ( / ˈ s k r aɪ b ə s/) is free and open-source desktop publishing (DTP) software available for most desktop operating systems.

GNU LGPL 2.1, MIT, 3-clause BSD, Public domain If you think you need the changes, you have to check out the SVN repository and build 1.4.9svn from source.Mac OS X 10.9 (64-bit, up to 1.5.3), Mac OS X 10.10-10.12 (64-bit, up to 1.5.4), macOS X 10.13 (64-bit, up to 1.5.5) Please note that while some bug fixes still may be backported to the 1.4.x branch, we do not plan an official release of this version anymore.

On mac OS, Scribus now includes a bundled Python 3 interpreter and is built for mac OS 10.15/Catalina or higher.

Improvements with respect to tables (undo/redo, styles).

Improvements to file import (IDML, PDF, PNG, TIFF, SVG).

UI Improvements for dark mode and some icon updates and window interactivity.

We have also begun to prepare Scribus for using Qt6, which will make our work easier for future releases.

Like previous releases, work on version 1.5.8 focused mostly on bugfixes and code optimizations, the latter of which are expected to lead to reliability and speed improvements. The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.5.8.

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