Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Adobe InDesign

Product categories

Art Tools Branding CMS Design Tools Digital Drawing And Painting Graphic Design Graphic Design Software Image Editing Office & Productivity Photo Editing Social Media Tools Vector Graphic Editor

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Adobe InDesign are Scribus, Inkscape, and GIMP. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Scribus Landing Page
1

Scribus

Scribus is a desktop publishing (DTP) application.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Design Tools #PDF Editor #Graphic Design Software
Inkscape Landing Page
2

Inkscape

Inkscape is a free, open source professional vector graphics editor for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Graphic Design Software #Digital Drawing And Painting #Art Tools 482 social mentions
GIMP Landing Page
3

GIMP

GIMP is a multiplatform photo manipulation tool.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Photo Editing #Graphic Design Software #Digital Drawing And Painting 59 social mentions
Gravit Landing Page
4

Gravit

Gravit is a browser-based pixel design and collaboration platform.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Graphic Design Software #Image Editing #Digital Drawing And Painting 2 social mentions
Designster.io Landing Page
5

Designster.io

Creative graphic designers on rescue, creating unlimited graphic design for your brand on a flat rate. Take your brand to the next level with best graphic designs.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
#Graphic Design #Design As A Service #Professional Services
EDIT.org Landing Page
6

EDIT.org

EDIT, design online very easy in a few clicks.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $9.99 / Monthly (1 user)
#Design Tools #Graphic Design Software #SaaS 4 social mentions
gLabels Landing Page
7

gLabels

gLabels is a program for creating labels and business cards for the GNOME desktop environment.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Design Tools #Office & Productivity #Image Marketplace
Penpot Landing Page
8

Penpot

Design freedom for teams
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web App #Design Tools #User Experience 106 social mentions
Excalidraw Landing Page
9

Excalidraw

Excalidraw is a whiteboard tool that lets you easily sketch diagrams that have a hand-drawn feel to them.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Sketching #Digital Whiteboard #Digital Drawing And Painting 206 social mentions
Acorn Landing Page
10

Acorn

Acorn is a photo editor built for the rest of us.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Graphic Design Software #Image Editing #Digital Drawing And Painting 18 social mentions
Reveal.js Landing Page
11

Reveal.js

A framework for easily creating beautiful presentations using HTML
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Slideshow #Presentations #Graphic Design Software 42 social mentions
Blog Cover Landing Page
12

BC

Blog Cover

Cover image generator for your blog post
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Design Tools #Social Media Tools #Productivity