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Local-first publishing tool

Make beautiful zines in minutes.

Pocket Zine is a local-first publishing tool for illustrators, photographers, writers and creative people who want to make beautiful publications — without learning complex software.

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Made by illustrators, photographers, designers and indie publishers — for everyone who ever wanted to print their own thing.

02 — Start with a template

Finished results, not wireframes.

Every template is a real, designed publication. Open one and it already looks like something you’d want to print.

Travel journal template
Travel JournalTX01
Photo essay template
Photo EssayPE02
Collage zine template
Collage ZineCZ03
Poetry zine template
Poetry ZinePZ04
Art portfolio template
Art PortfolioAP05
Experimental layout template
ExperimentalXP06
03 — The difference

Made for publishing, not designing.

Most design tools are built for professionals and ask you to learn them first. Pocket Zine is built around the thing you actually want: a finished publication.

Other design tools

Overwhelming

  • × Dozens of panels and menus
  • × Built for professionals
  • × Steep learning curve
  • × Design-first, publish later
Pocket Zine

Focused

  • Visual and beginner friendly
  • One screen, no clutter
  • Learn it in minutes
  • Publication-first by design
04 — Yours alone

Everything stays on your device.

No accounts. No cloud. No tracking. No subscriptions. Your projects never leave your machine — and no one but you can open them.

✕ accounts

No sign-up

Open the app and start. No email, no password, no wall.

✕ cloud

No servers

Files live locally in your browser, not on someone’s database.

✕ tracking

No watching

No analytics following you around. We can’t see your work.

✕ fees

No subscription

Make as many zines as you want. Nothing to cancel.

✕ lock-in

No access

No one can reach your projects — not even us.

✓ ownership

Your work is yours

Export anytime. It belongs to you, full stop.

05 — Ready to print

Export ready-to-print zines.

Pocket Zine handles imposition for you. Design in reading order — it lays the pages out so a printed sheet folds into a perfect little booklet.

pdf · folds · prints
  • 01Booklet exportFold-ready spreads from a single PDF.
  • 02Automatic page orderingImposition handled — you never count pages.
  • 03High-quality PDFsCrisp type and full-resolution images.
  • 04Print-ready outputMargins and bleed sorted for the print shop.
  • 05Shareable filesOne file to send, post, or print at home.
06 — Anywhere

Works wherever you create.

On the couch with an iPad, at the desk on a Mac, or straight from a browser. Pick up where you left off.

iPad
Draw with Apple Pencil
Mac
Full desktop canvas
Browser
Nothing to install

Make your first zine today.

No account required · no learning curve · free

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