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Harfsaz
Open-source desktop publishing for Urdu, Arabic, Persian
Harfsaz is the free, open-source InPage alternative: Urdu, Arabic and Persian desktop publishing with true Nastaliq shaping, kashida justification, vector PDF export, InPage and PDF import, handwriting OCR and an AI writing assistant. macOS, Windows, Linux and the web.
InPage came out in 1994 and it's still what most Urdu newspapers and publishers run on. Windows only, paid, closed. If you're on a Mac, or you just want to lay out a page of Nastaliq without fighting the software, you're stuck.
I got tired of that, so I built Harfsaz.
It does real Nastaliq and Naskh shaping, kashida justification, and vector PDF export where the text stays searchable and editable. It imports your existing .inp and PDF files, so you're not starting from zero. There's handwriting OCR for scanned pages and an AI assistant for writing, proofreading and translation. macOS, Windows, Linux and the browser.
It's AGPL-3.0 on GitHub, free forever, with a commercial licence if you need one.
If you typeset in Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Pashto or Sindhi, I'd really like to hear where it breaks for you. That's the feedback I need most.
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About Harfsaz on Product Hunt
“Open-source desktop publishing for Urdu, Arabic, Persian”
Harfsaz was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #156 on the daily leaderboard. Harfsaz is the free, open-source InPage alternative: Urdu, Arabic and Persian desktop publishing with true Nastaliq shaping, kashida justification, vector PDF export, InPage and PDF import, handwriting OCR and an AI writing assistant. macOS, Windows, Linux and the web.
Harfsaz was featured in Design Tools (262.8k followers), Open Source (68.9k followers), Writing (59.4k followers) and GitHub (41.4k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 102.3k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Harfsaz?
Harfsaz was hunted by Afzaal Muhammad . A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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