DocBook AlternativesMarkup Languages and other similar apps like DocBook

DocBook is described as 'Schema (available in several languages including RELAX NG, SGML and XML DTDs, and W3C XML Schema) maintained by the DocBook Technical Committee of OASIS. It is particularly well suited to books and papers about computer hardware and software (though it is by no' and is a Markup Language in the development category. There are seven alternatives to DocBook for Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Rust. The best DocBook alternative is LaTeX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like DocBook are Groff, Pollen, groffstudio and Text::Amuse.

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  1. LaTeX icon

    LaTeX

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    LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system; it includes features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation.

    18 LaTeX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Groff

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    The groff (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted output.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  4. P

    Pollen

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    Pollen is a publishing system that helps authors create beautiful and functional web-based books. Pollen includes tools for writing, designing, programming, testing, and publishing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Linux
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    groffstudio

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    groffstudio is a graphical user interface for the GNU troff typesetting software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    Text::Amuse

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    Markup language for AMuseWiki.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  8. C

    ConTeXt (Typesetting System)

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    “a system for typesetting documents based on TEX and METAPOST. You can use this system for converting documents coded in TEX format as well as documents coded in XML into high quality PDF” (http://www.pragma-ade.nl/)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. ExactTex icon

    ExactTex

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    A gradually-typed superset of LaTeX. Every .tex file is already valid; each annotation you add buys checked references, safe renames, and errors in your own names — before the PDF exists.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Rust
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