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Open Publisher

Clone of Publisher

Free desktop publishing app for flyers, newsletters and posters, with a ribbon, page thumbnails and ready-made templates.

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What works the same as Publisher

  • A ribbon with File, Home, Insert, Page Design, Review and View tabs.
  • Page thumbnails on the left to reorder pages, plus master pages.
  • Opens Microsoft Publisher .pub files, keeping the background graphics and making the text editable.
  • More than 280 ready-made templates: flyers, posters, menus, business cards and more.
  • WordArt, tables, shapes and clipart, with export to PDF.

What is missing

The project does not say what is missing

How to get started

  1. Click Download. It opens the project versions page.
  2. Pick the file for your system: the .exe for Windows, the .dmg for a Mac with an Intel chip, or an AppImage, flatpak, deb or rpm for Linux.
  3. Open it. A short tour shows the ribbon, templates and clipart.

Compatible files

Publisher files (.pub) According to the project

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Project created in February 2026. Data from version 5.19.0, November 7, 2026.