PageTatin

Desktop flatplan app for magazine teams. One-time payment.

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Desktop flatplan app for magazine teams. One-time payment.

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PageTatin is a desktop flatplan application for magazine and publication teams. It runs locally on your machine – macOS and Windows available now – with a one-time payment and no subscription. Plan your issue page by page: mark editorial vs. advertising, track page counts, export to PDF, share projects with other PageTatin users. Available in five languages (English, French, German, Italian and Spanish).

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Six years ago I made an InDesign flatplan template and put it on Gumroad with no marketing. 141 people in 27 countries found it anyway. The limiting factors of the InDesign template and the ideas I had to make it better were channeled into a proper desktop application this spring.

I’m René, the creator of PageTatin and this is my first product hunt. The app runs locally on your machine and costs a one-time payment, including 12 months of updates and bug fixes. Built with Tauri + Rust + React, using Claude Code as my development partner. Ed25519-signed license files mean the “runs locally” promise is technically true, not just a tagline.

The name is derived from Tarte Tatin – a French classic – because a flatplan is a structured, layered arrangement of pages. Hopefully, like a good dessert, PageTatin brings a little joy to the process of planning your publications.
Happy to answer anything about the build, the publishing workflow, or the features I always wanted in a tool like this.

PH exclusive: use code PRODUCTHUNT49 for $49 on the Freelancer license (valid for one week).

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4mo ago

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12d ago

Version 1.2.1 released on September 8, 2026

Enhancement: Tighter, spread-like page spacing (removes the gap between adjacent pages)
Enhancement: Hide cover pages in the flatplan
Enhancement: Sketch Mode for PDF export shows only outlined pages without content or thumbnails
Enhancement: Customizable page stroke color
Bug fix: Windows only: keyboard shortcuts in the PageTatin and File menus now work correctly.

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27d ago

Version 1.2.0 released

New feature Native .tatin file format: save your project as a native PageTatin file with the new Save as button in the top bar. .json remains available as Export as JSON for backwards compatibility.
New feature Duplicate pages: select one page or several, then duplicate them from the right-click menu or via Edit Duplicate. The copies are inserted directly after your selection. You can also hold Option/Alt while dragging a page to drop a copy where you want it.
Enhancement Export wording is now consistent for .pdf: the menu command, dialog, and confirmation button all say Export (previously Save).
Bug fix Opening a different flatplan no longer overwrites the active one without warning when it hasn t been saved to a file yet. PageTatin now warns you first and gives you the chance to save.

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1mo ago

Verson 1.1.0 released

New feature Groundwork for a native file format: PageTatin now has the code in place to read and write its own native file format. .json remains available as a separate export format for backwards compatibility.

Enhancement The app binary is now named PageTatin (previously App), so it shows up clearly in Activity Monitor, Task Manager, and other system reporting tools, and is easier for IT teams to identify and manage.
Enhancement License tab: you can now give each activated device a name, making your machines easy to tell apart. This helps when you need support to free up a device slot for a machine you can no longer deactivate yourself one that was damaged, lost, stolen, or sold, or where the operating system was reinstalled after the drive was wiped.
Enhancement Better handling when adding thumbnail images from a multi-page .pdf while cover pages are selected.
Enhancement Hold Option (Mac) or Alt (Windows) and click a category or status to open Settings for editing it.
Enhancement You can now export the page and ad statistics on their own, without the rest of the flatplan.
Enhancement .pdf thumbnails that contain crop marks are now shown automatically at the cropped size.

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12d ago

Version 1.2.1 released on September 8, 2026

Enhancement: Tighter, spread-like page spacing (removes the gap between adjacent pages)
Enhancement: Hide cover pages in the flatplan
Enhancement: Sketch Mode for PDF export shows only outlined pages without content or thumbnails
Enhancement: Customizable page stroke color
Bug fix: Windows only: keyboard shortcuts in the PageTatin and File menus now work correctly.

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27d ago

Version 1.2.0 released

New feature Native .tatin file format: save your project as a native PageTatin file with the new Save as button in the top bar. .json remains available as Export as JSON for backwards compatibility.
New feature Duplicate pages: select one page or several, then duplicate them from the right-click menu or via Edit Duplicate. The copies are inserted directly after your selection. You can also hold Option/Alt while dragging a page to drop a copy where you want it.
Enhancement Export wording is now consistent for .pdf: the menu command, dialog, and confirmation button all say Export (previously Save).
Bug fix Opening a different flatplan no longer overwrites the active one without warning when it hasn t been saved to a file yet. PageTatin now warns you first and gives you the chance to save.

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1mo ago

Verson 1.1.0 released

Enhancement The app binary is now named PageTatin (previously App), so it shows up clearly in Activity Monitor, Task Manager, and other system reporting tools, and is easier for IT teams to identify and manage.
Enhancement License tab: you can now give each activated device a name, making your machines easy to tell apart. This helps when you need support to free up a device slot for a machine you can no longer deactivate yourself one that was damaged, lost, stolen, or sold, or where the operating system was reinstalled after the drive was wiped.
Enhancement Better handling when adding thumbnail images from a multi-page .pdf while cover pages are selected.
Enhancement Hold Option (Mac) or Alt (Windows) and click a category or status to open Settings for editing it.
Enhancement You can now export the page and ad statistics on their own, without the rest of the flatplan.
Enhancement .pdf thumbnails that contain crop marks are now shown automatically at the cropped size.

View all

PH exclusive: use code PRODUCTHUNT49 for $49 on the Freelancer license (valid for one week).