DesignCraft

DesignCraft

ArtCraft
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About

Multichannel Content Management Platform. Desk is a web based solution to manage the production of digital and print publications for newspapers and magazines. Leading publishers such as JPI Media in the UK, La Stampa in Italy and Newsday in the US have implemented their digital-first publishing strategies using the Desk platform. Desk enables the whole content production lifecycle via customizable workflows, picture desk functionality, video management and a dynamic metadata management framework with automatic content tagging features. A flexible environment to author and prepare content for online and offline publishing. Break the channels barrier using the same tool and the same workflow to prepare articles for both web and print. Full digital enrichment with galleries, multimedia, embeds, links, maps etc – no compromises. Super easy and super fast. Manage even the most content rich homepages, with concurrent multi-user access, alternative guided layouts for home page zones.

About

DesignCraft is an open-source page-layout and publishing application for designers, publishers, and other users creating multi-page documents. It provides spreads and parent pages, text and graphic frames, threaded stories, columns, paragraph and character styles, color swatches, and text wrapping for arranging editorial and print-oriented layouts. Typography tools include paragraph composition, hyphenation, optical margin alignment, and baseline grids. Users can work with a documented native file format, import and export IDML, and export PNG images. The application is available as a native desktop program for Windows, macOS, and Linux, with a WebAssembly build for browser use. Command-line workflows, a JSON control channel, and an MCP server support scripted or agent-driven document operations. DesignCraft is free and open source under MIT or Apache-2.0 licensing. The product is in development.

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Newspapers and magazine companies

Audience

Designers, publishers, and other users creating multi-page editorial or print-oriented layouts.

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Not Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Not Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

$0
Free and open source, dual-licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0. No subscription.
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 1.0 / 5
ease 1.0 / 5
features 1.0 / 5
design 1.0 / 5
support 1.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • I've been doing this job for over 20 years and Desk is by a country mile, the single worst editorial system I have ever had the misfortune of having forced upon me, and I am comparing this directly with the first system I used back in 2002, which was a totally command-driven system operating under MS DOS, but had 80% more flexibility and functionality.

Cons

  • Constant, and almost ceaseless crashes, lock-ups, errors and freezes. Slow to the point of ridiculousness. Takes forever to open pages, edit copy, load in pictures etc. And it usually takes several attempts to load things in as the first few attempts invariably fail. Extremely limited functionality. No method of changing the point size of text, no method of changing text colour, no method of kerning, tracking options extremely limited. Picture cropping tools are a total and complete joke - and that's on the rare occasions they actually work. Every single function and event generally requires multiple mouse clicks and opening multiple screens to achieve, there are no shortcuts, no workarounds. In most situations it's required to have several iterations of Desk open in different browser tabs simply in order to do your job. Horrible, buggy, unintuitive user interface.

Training

Documentation Not Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Not Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

Atex
Founded: 1973
United States
www.atex.com/products/desk/

Company Information

ArtCraft
getartcraft.com/apps/designcraft

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Categories

Categories

Desktop Publishing Supported

Integrations

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Not Supported
Smartflow Supported

Integrations

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Supported
Smartflow Not Supported
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