# Download Scribus

> Open Source Desktop Publishing

- Canonical page: https://everyversion.net/scribus/
- Publisher: The Scribus Team
- Latest: Windows 1.6.6, macOS 1.6.7 (Windows build released 2026-04-13)
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later (https://github.com/scribusproject/scribus/blob/HEAD/COPYING)
- Price: Free and open source
- Website: https://www.scribus.net/
- Support: https://www.scribus.net/how-to-get-support-or-contact-the-team/

- winget ID: Scribus.Scribus
- Homebrew cask: scribus
- Verification: level 1 — Hashes re-computed from the publisher’s download: 4 of 4 installers match the upstream manifest. Checked by Cristian Gonzalez Guasch.
- Source (Windows): winget-pkgs @ 7ba156ba3b98370906bafbaa35808b8d6cfe55f1 — https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/7ba156ba3b98370906bafbaa35808b8d6cfe55f1/manifests/s/Scribus/Scribus
- Source (macOS): Homebrew cask @ 4075b2218ff4073f481d7a9299faa66ea2435943 — https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/4075b2218ff4073f481d7a9299faa66ea2435943/Casks/s/scribus.rb

## Overview

Scribus is an Open Source program that brings professional page layout to Linux, BSD UNIX, Solaris, OpenIndiana, GNU/Hurd, Mac OS X, OS/2 Warp 4, eComStation, and Windows desktops with a combination of press-ready output and new approaches to page design.
Underneath a modern and user-friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as color separations, CMYK and spot colors, ICC color management, and versatile PDF creation.

## Windows

### What the installer does
- Delivered as an NSIS (Nullsoft) setup program (.exe) for x64 and x86.
- Installs for all users on the PC, which normally requires administrator rights.
- No custom silent switch is declared; winget falls back to its default for this installer type (`/S`).
- Associates with the file type `.sla`.
- Upgrades remove the previous version first.

### Versions (newest first)

#### 1.6.6 — 2026-04-13

- x64 nullsoft (machine): download
  - url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.6.6/scribus-1.6.6-windows-x64.exe/download
  - sha256: 4c7313da22b8daa025dab0a2d57e82e8b1827c8a46a02db1d4e78b6037b40264
- x86 nullsoft (machine): download
  - url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.6.6/scribus-1.6.6-windows.exe/download
  - sha256: b63cdc1c5ac39240d5c320b636854901316cdbd1f5d4c9f557c8866ffad6cbfc
Release notes: The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.6.6. This is a bugfix release with the following changes. Changes Bug Fixes - Fixed a crash caused by umlaut composition in file names of embedded PDF documents. - Fixed lost image links after Collect for Output. - Fixed build failures with newer releases of Poppler 26.01.0-26.04.0. - Fixed text underline dependency on text frame dash array when exporting to PDF. - Fixed text stroke dependency on text frame dash array when exporting to PDF. - Fixed StoryText::endOfWord() returning an incorrect result if the position is already at the end of a word. Import/Export - MS Publisher import: improved image scaling behaviour. Plug-ins - The color wheel now correctly moves to the selected color. - Fixed bad escape sequences in Python docstrings. Build System - Added MSVC 2026 projects, retargeted to the Windows 10 SDK. - Fixed some toolset errors in MSVC 2022 and MSVC 2026 projects. - Sorted projects in MSVC solutions. Internal Code Quality We performed extensive code cleanup across many import plugins, including AI, CDR, CGM, CVG, Micrografx Draw, EMF, FreeHand, IDML, ODG, legacy OODraw, Apple Pages, Macintosh Pict, PageMaker, MS Publisher, QuarkXPress, Dia Shapes, Kivio, SVG (import and export), SVM, UniConvertor, Viva Designer, MS Visio, WMF, WPG, Xara, Xfig, XPS, and Zoner Draw. Additional improvements include code style fixes and renaming of some methods to avoid conflicts with C++20 reserved keywords. Future Scribus 1.7.x is the new unstable series. While we will maintain Scribus 1.6.x as a stable version, most development will focus on 1.7.x and features and Qt6-based enhancements. 1.7.x.svn is developing relatively quickly with the integration of a new palette and docking system, new SVG based icons and many more features. We will look to update documentation in future 1.6.x releases and hope to launch a community documentation project in the future. We have no plans to fix issues in the 1.4.x branch of Scribus. No versions have been released for some time and the 1.6.x series is the stable series going forward. All branches are available in subversion (svn://scribus.net) as well as on our downloads links for all previously release versions. We encourage all Linux and *BSD distributions to switch their stable version to 1.6.x. Trademarks: As referred to, please see Trademarks

Pin: `winget install --id Scribus.Scribus --version 1.6.6 --exact`

#### 1.6.5 — 2025-12-14

- x64 nullsoft (machine): download
  - url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.6.5/scribus-1.6.5-windows-x64.exe/download
  - sha256: 3456bda1d8aef11904e4f8a2e16c94bd0595cb7d71a7a72fcc974d5ca95e6748
- x86 nullsoft (machine): download
  - url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.6.5/scribus-1.6.5-windows.exe/download
  - sha256: 628141c2aa601f3cafb3484bd8ddd09cd9570ba5d45f85d95f38ef6e49c10004
Release notes: https://www.scribus.net/news/

Pin: `winget install --id Scribus.Scribus --version 1.6.5 --exact`

#### 1.6.4 — 2025-04-20

- x64 nullsoft (machine): download
  - url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.6.4/scribus-1.6.4-windows-x64.exe/download
  - sha256: 615dace82119883cc6252da0dd69a1e1637610ff4c5550e5254b7747845f28d1
- x86 nullsoft (machine): download
  - url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.6.4/scribus-1.6.4-windows.exe/download
  - sha256: a239ab8c2094de46681122bd66e6f0715e7e5497cce116543ee7258a10cadbf1
Release notes: The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.6.4. This is a bugfix release with the following changes. Changes General - Avoid custom font encodings when embedding TTF fonts in PDFs. - Fixes to PDF import and export, and checkbox rendering on MS Edge. - Fixes for PDF/X-4 export when attempting to use ICC profile unsuitable for output. - Fixes some images being incorrectly imported as black when importing PDF. Build System - Addressed compilation issues when building against newer versions of poppler. Scripting Enhancements - Added new Python functions for page sizing, bounding boxes for page items, min/max word kerning and a fix to locked layer detection. Localisation Updates - Updated translation files Future Scribus 1.7.x is the new unstable series. While we will maintain Scribus 1.6.x as a stable version, most development will focus on 1.7.x and features and Qt6-based enhancements. 1.7.0.svn is developing relatively quickly with the integration of a new palette and docking system, new SVG based icons and many more features. We will look to update documentation in future 1.6.x releases and hope to launch a community documentation project in the future. We have no plans to fix issues in the 1.4.x branch of Scribus. No versions have been released for some time and the 1.6.x series is the stable series going forward. All branches are available in subversion (svn://scribus.net) as well as on our downloads links for all previously release versions. We encourage all Linux and *BSD distributions to switch their stable version to 1.6.x. Trademarks: As referred to, please see Trademarks

Pin: `winget install --id Scribus.Scribus --version 1.6.4 --exact`

#### 1.6.3 — 2025-01-08

- x64 nullsoft (machine): download
  - url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.6.3/scribus-1.6.3-windows-x64.exe/download
  - sha256: cca5c3e4d5769a6917c2ed99ca52d3b3b46404192d689ee30413fe9dee796c7b
- x86 nullsoft (machine): download
  - url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.6.3/scribus-1.6.3-windows.exe/download
  - sha256: 83ba45cafc478653ce9ad420446d7fd0b016efa591be622f24f9cbe11b3c7e81
Release notes: The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.6.3. This is a bugfix release with the following changes. Changes General - Preferences for guide and baseline colors not read. - Various GUI issues, including non-responsive fields in menus. - Updated non-HTTPS URLs to current versions. - Crash on opening PDF and selecting the option to import text as text. - A case of corrupt PDF generation was fixed. User Interface (UI) Improvements - Resolved shortcut issues. - Fixed increased width in Color Management menu after multiple uses. - Addressed problems with item attributes and spin box functions. Graphics/Image Frame Bugs - File manager issues with external drive detection. - “Update Image” functionality fixed. - Improvements to CMYK image import Undo/Redo Functionality - Fixed crash on undoing last paragraph deletions in Story Editor. - Resolved an issue with restoring frames and bookmarks. Build System - Addressed compilation issues when building against newer versions of poppler. Scripting Enhancements - Added new Python functions for unit conversion, baseline adjustments and text styling. - Improved image export quality settings. Localisation Updates - Updated translation files Future Scribus 1.7.x is the new unstable series. While we will maintain Scribus 1.6.x as a stable version, most development will focus on 1.7.x and features and Qt6-based enhancements. 1.7.0.svn is developing relatively quickly with the integration of a new palette and docking system, new SVG based icons and many more features. We will look to update documentation in future 1.6.x releases and hope to launch a community documentation project in the future. We have no plans to fix issues in the 1.4.x branch of Scribus. No versions have been released for some time and the 1.6.x series is the stable series going forward. All branches are available in subversion (svn://scribus.net) as well as on our downloads links for all previously release versions. We encourage all Linux and *BSD distributions to switch their stable version to 1.6.x. Trademarks: As referred to, please see Trademarks

Pin: `winget install --id Scribus.Scribus --version 1.6.3 --exact`

#### 1.6.2 — 2024-06-15

- x64 nullsoft (machine): download
  - url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.6.2/scribus-1.6.2-windows-x64.exe/download
  - sha256: 6d83526a6ff88208e52c474ecbc8b714ee51d8e5e1672cd6527b98d9c4977706
- x86 nullsoft (machine): download
  - url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.6.2/scribus-1.6.2-windows.exe/download
  - sha256: 57065cfac522f6fa3d08de070df8a0bf84baa8eec881f4098a31c2a08a9690d6

Pin: `winget install --id Scribus.Scribus --version 1.6.2 --exact`

#### 1.6.1 — 2024-01-07

- x64 nullsoft (machine): download
  - url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.6.1/scribus-1.6.1-windows-x64.exe/download
  - sha256: 7eaa92581a8262a2f339b7cc4cb8982fa52454d27e6738e23ec14a66db2a8fed
- x86 nullsoft (machine): download
  - url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.6.1/scribus-1.6.1-windows.exe/download
  - sha256: 82e7bed899524f2084f698f90fbfc41269c1d3b7c9f22ee8434866f0a51f1cfa

Pin: `winget install --id Scribus.Scribus --version 1.6.1 --exact`

#### 1.6.0

- x64 nullsoft (machine): download
  - url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.6.0/scribus-1.6.0-windows-x64.exe/download
  - sha256: fe1db0e03dc0fae6727879bbeb361a011eacb74957ef7e12f8985bdd790460dd
- x86 nullsoft (machine): download
  - url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.6.0/scribus-1.6.0-windows.exe/download
  - sha256: 15e5561f2774d812c50e49024b242f04c2b9aea5c89f11944972a8cb5ad6381f

Pin: `winget install --id Scribus.Scribus --version 1.6.0 --exact`

#### 1.4.8

- x64 nullsoft (machine): download
  - url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.4.8/scribus-1.4.8-windows-x64.exe/download
  - sha256: 1197587ebaf4622f348da594f3d96442847024476f078b1c1b515a736a507181
- x86 nullsoft (machine): download
  - url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.4.8/scribus-1.4.8-windows.exe/download
  - sha256: eb8cdb9ea513393c5793d3a6b180b0b04bd9383385396e13ddc23487dafdb0ca

Pin: `winget install --id Scribus.Scribus --version 1.4.8 --exact`

## macOS

### What the installer does
- Delivered as a disk image (.dmg) for Intel (x64) and Apple silicon (ARM64).
- Installs the app `Scribus.app` into the Applications folder.
- Requires macOS 13 or later.
- On uninstall, Homebrew asks the app to quit.
- A full “zap” removal also deletes up to 3 support, cache and preference locations in your home folder.

### Versions (newest first) — Homebrew lists only the current release

#### 1.6.7

- x64 dmg: scribus-1.6.7.dmg
  - url: https://downloads.sourceforge.net/scribus/scribus/1.6.7/scribus-1.6.7.dmg
  - sha256: b059b246abf27c7a6ca6c5c0ad16e7e2df5303a0c62447935f2f155bae73e150
- arm64 dmg: scribus-1.6.7-arm64.dmg
  - url: https://downloads.sourceforge.net/scribus/scribus/1.6.7/scribus-1.6.7-arm64.dmg
  - sha256: 46729a3bdc0e432bd3cfbae508da401aeb9f7a0159a7a03f3fef1de631557ac6

Install: `brew install --cask scribus`