Passepartout is described as 'Desktop publishing system that is based on the idea of automatic typesetting of streams of XML based text documents.The project was started back in 2002 to facilitate a particular task — creating a newspaper. These days the project is somewhat dormant' and is a desktop publisher in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Passepartout for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Chrome OS apps. The best Passepartout alternative is Scribus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Passepartout are Affinity Publisher, Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Publisher and QuarkXPress.