Dominic S.
Pubkeep is a blessing
Pubkeep is a blessing! It has come to save us as we depended on Publisher for so long. Pubkeep has come to the rescue with no glitches. Just a new file extension. Pubkeep is worth every penny, thank you!

PubKeep is a desktop app for Windows and Mac that opens, edits, prints and exports Microsoft Publisher (.pub) files. Microsoft removed Publisher from Microsoft 365 in October 2026 and is ending support for the perpetual versions, which left users with years of bulletins, newsletters, flyers, certificates and labels they could no longer open. PubKeep keeps that work usable.Open a .pub file and it looks the way it did in Publisher: same pages, same fonts, same layout, nothing re-flowed. Edit the text and pictures, print it, or save an exact PDF. Your files stay on your computer. There is no subscription. A Founder license is a one-time purchase and includes a year of updates, with a free 7-day trial and a 30-day refund for any reason. Volume licenses are available for offices with several computers.Most of our customers are churches, schools, nonprofits, small businesses and families who built their weekly bulletins, newsletters and forms in Publisher and don't want to start over in a new program.PubKeep also offers PubKeep Converter, a web service that turns batches of .pub files into PDFs.PubKeep is made by Saint Systems, LLC, a software company in Flower Mound, Texas. Questions go to [email protected] and are answered by a real person.
PubKeep (pubkeep.com) has 68 customer reviews on Five Star Index, with an average rating of 4.8 out of 5.
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Dominic S.
Pubkeep is a blessing! It has come to save us as we depended on Publisher for so long. Pubkeep has come to the rescue with no glitches. Just a new file extension. Pubkeep is worth every penny, thank you!
Karen S Armbruster/Cleveland, O.
ATTENTION DESPERATE PEOPLE! You have NOT lost your Microsoft Publisher Documents! In addition, PubKeep allows you to edit your documents! You need to buy this NOW! In addition, let's give the inventor of this program a much deserved pat on the back! Karen from Cleveland
ASSUMPTION GREEK ORTHODOX C.
Glad to have this App to help us continue with the Publisher files we did not want to migrate to a different platform. PubKeep is saving us time and time is money. Development seems ongoing and we appreciate this (fixes are available almost every time we launch the App). Use, so far, has been pretty seamless. Glad, also, to have a one-time inexpensive licensing purchase and no in-App surprises where we will need to later purchase more space to accomodate our graphics. We've not had a need for customer service. I recommend this App if you would like to continue working in a Microsoft Publisher-style environment or if you simply need to use it to open and edit an extant Publisher file.
Doc
Thus far, the program is everything we had hoped for. Printing our church bulletins and hand-outs is so close to the Publisher documents that we have spent very little time adjusting. So very grateful to Adam Anderly and the team who created PubKeep.
Pam at C.
I am so pleased that there is a viable alternative to Microsoft Publisher. Our church has 15+ years' worth of bulletins and newsletters in that format. It is such a blessing to be able to access them through PubKeep. I tried a couple other types of software to replace Publisher, and none of them was even remotely satisfactory. PubKeep keeps all the functionality Publisher, and in a few cases it's even better!
Chris K.
I have been using MS Publisher for almost 30 years and continue to use it for a variety of sectors I am involved in, each with their unique needs: Church, School, Business, and Non-Profit. Like others, learning of the end of life for MS Publisher was devasting - I saw the writing on the wall, Publisher has been absent of noticeable updates for years, but as a program I and others so depended on, I refused to believe they would just end support for it. I tried getting my "back up" solutions in place - buying a few different licenses of "perpetual" publisher licenses from ebay and online - some didn't work at all, others wouldn't install and play nice with my current 365 subscription. I wasted a lot of money frantically trying to keep a program on life support that I knew I had to say goodbye to. I was looking at current options. I have (and use) InDesign, but it is way to complex and overkill to use for what I normally use Publisher for. LibreOffice and Scribus worked ok - but their software was a bit archaic in look and work - and while they opened the pub files, there was a lot of resetting with them. Affinity is what I settled on - I was planning on recreating everything as I needed it in Affinity - doing this for a few documents was possible, but was frustrating, as it just didn't quite work as easily as I was used to. Finally, I happened across a Facebook ad for PubKeep. I immeadiately downloaded it in excitement and hope! It works great! My publisher files opened up easily and I was able to "pick up where I left off" with relative ease. This is what I envision MS Publisher becoming if Microsoft continued to develop it - it is modern, clean, easy and familiar to work with, and does what it is suppose to do! I noticed a couple of bugs, reported them, and the founder responded personally and fixes are already pushed and in development! This is a program built for the people that use it! They listen and want to know what we are looking for! The price is cheaper than the temp fixes I kept buying, and the fact that it is current vs. keeping something dead on life support, gives me a lot of peace of mind! I am truly appreciative that they created this! I look forward to seeing the continued development and where this software goes!
Nancy S.
I was panicked about losing all of the files I have created during my 30-year career as an educator, and ones that I have created for the bookkeeping I do for our family business. I was reluctant to pursue PubKeep in case it was a fraud. I can completely attest to the authenticity of this product; moreover, the personal interaction I receive from Adam, the founder, is beyond my expectations. PubKeep is an amazing resource that has allowed me to continue using a program that I love!
Lisa Zellmer G.
This program has made it possible to continue my church secretary duties with minimal stress. I had tried several other options but they were not optimal. The updates are making it an almost flawless transition. I have recommended it to my Church secretary friends.