# Severe performance degradation

**URL:** <https://community.penpot.app/t/severe-performance-degradation/4259>\
**Category:** Self-host\
**Created:** [January 5, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/severe-performance-degradation/4259 "2024-01-05T15:07:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![candidexmedia](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/candidexmedia/32/9178_2.png) [@candidexmedia](https://community.penpot.app/u/candidexmedia)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/severe-performance-degradation/4259/2 "2024-01-06T20:11:14Z")

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Hey @udany ! I assume you’ve seen that [other thread on performance](https://community.penpot.app/t/slow-and-laggy-performance-any-tips-for-improving-the-performance/2572/14) already.

My suggestion would be to use [Scribus](https://www.scribus.net/) instead, a FOSS desktop publisher.

As much as I love Penpot, and know it’s probably easier to use in some regards, it’s not exactly designed for this kind of thing. Setting text across multiple pages in a tool like this one is a _nightmare_, especially if you’re making edits that change the length (vs [creating linked text frames](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TogozDHMOH4&list=PLHl8nuacOfLK709_hb3ViX3Nef9WchSQH&index=35&pp=iAQB) and just pasting your entire text in Scribus).

Additionally, Scribus provides more export functions for PDF, alerts you about [errors like overflowing text](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tjh6tE8VAbk), and allows you to add hyperlinks ([albeit, not in the most elegant way](https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Adding_Hyperlinks_to_your_Scribus_PDF_document)).

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