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title: Install DesignCraft on Debian using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of DesignCraft for on Debian - Page layout for
  magazines, books and print
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/designcraft/debian
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# Install DesignCraft on **Debian**

# DesignCraft

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ken-vandine "View all snaps from Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)")

* [Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ken-vandine "View all snaps from Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)")

[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/designcraft/debian#install)

#### Page layout for magazines, books and print

DesignCraft is an open-source, native page layout and desktop publishing application for magazines, books and print documents.

DesignCraft is part of the open-source ArtCraft "Crafting Apps": a native Rust
application that runs locally on your own files and can be driven from a CLI,
a JSON control channel or an MCP server.

This snap repackages the official upstream Linux release. The headless
command line tool is available as designcraft.cli.

### Package name

* designcraft

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### License

* MIT OR Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 31 October 2026 - latest/stable
* 3 November 2026 - latest/candidate

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### Websites

* [getartcraft.com](https://getartcraft.com/apps/designcraft "https://getartcraft.com/apps/designcraft")

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### Contact

* [github.com/kenvandine/designcraft-snap/issues](https://github.com/kenvandine/designcraft-snap/issues "https://github.com/kenvandine/designcraft-snap/issues")

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### Source code

* [github.com/storytold/designcraft](https://github.com/storytold/designcraft "https://github.com/storytold/designcraft")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/storytold/designcraft/issues](https://github.com/storytold/designcraft/issues "https://github.com/storytold/designcraft/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/designcraft/debian#report-snap-modal)

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[See more information about designcraft ›](https://snapcraft.io/designcraft)

## Enable snaps on Debian and install DesignCraft

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

On Debian 9 (Stretch) and newer, snap can be installed directly from the command line:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

After this, install the snapd snap in order to get the latest snapd:

```
sudo snap install snapd
```

### Install DesignCraft

To install DesignCraft, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install designcraft
```

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### More things to do…

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#### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs)

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