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Recto Studio

Clone of InDesign

Free page layout app like InDesign that runs in your browser, for books, magazines and zines, with print PDF export.

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What works the same as InDesign

  • InDesign shortcuts, including the ones for fitting images into frames.
  • Imports InDesign IDML files.
  • Text frames with several columns, a baseline grid and hyphenation.
  • Print PDF export with bleed and crop marks.
  • Also exports EPUB e-books and web flipbooks.

What is missing

The project does not say what is missing

How to get started

  1. Click Open in browser. No account or sign-up needed.
  2. Start from a template for editorial, novel or zine layouts.
  3. Press T to draw a text frame and F for an image frame.
  4. Export a print PDF when your layout is ready.

Compatible files

InDesign files (.idml) According to the project

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Project created in October 2026. Data from version v1.2.4, October 31, 2026.