Sheaf on your desktop.
The same Sheaf you get in the browser, as a real app — its own window, its own icon, your manuscript on your machine, and not a browser tab in sight. Free, like writing in Sheaf always is.
Everything works offline
The desktop app needs no connection, no account, and no browser. Every keystroke is saved to your machine the moment you type it — a train, a cabin, a dead router, none of it can interrupt a writing session.
Same book, everywhere
Sign in and the desktop app stays in step with the browser and every other device — leave mid-sentence at the desk, pick up mid-sentence on the couch. Sync is optional and off until you say so, same as always.
Signed, so your computer can check it
Every download we publish is digitally signed — Windows verifies the installer's signature, and the Mac app is signed and notarized by Apple. Either way, your machine confirms the download really is the build we shipped, untouched on its way to you.
Leaving never costs your words
Uninstalling the app never deletes your writing — it stays safe in your own files, and exporting to Word or Markdown is free forever. Sheaf holds your novel the way a shelf holds a notebook: you can always just pick it up and go.
One honest heads-up: very new releases can trip Windows SmartScreen for a few days while Windows builds trust in them. If you see that prompt, “More info → Run anyway” continues — and the signature check above still protects you either way.
Sheaf on your iPad or Android tablet
No app store needed. Two taps put Sheaf on your home screen with its own icon, opening full-screen like any app — and it keeps itself up to date automatically.
On an iPad or iPhone
- Open sheaf.ink in Safari.
- Tap the Share button — the square with an arrow pointing up.
- Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen, then Add.
Sheaf appears on your home screen. Open it from there and it runs edge-to-edge — no browser bars, just the page.
On an Android tablet or phone
- Open sheaf.ink in Chrome.
- Tap the ⋮ menu in the top corner.
- Tap Add to Home screen (on some devices it says Install app), then confirm.
Same result: Sheaf on your home screen, full-screen, with its own icon in your app drawer.
It's the same Sheaf as everywhere else — sign in and your book stays in step across the tablet, the browser, and the desktop app. Your words save to the device as you type; sync happens whenever you're connected.
And we're not done here: a fuller mobile Sheaf is coming — including opening the app with no connection at all, the way the desktop app already does. What you install today simply keeps getting better; there's nothing to reinstall.
Prefer nothing to install?
Sheaf runs in your browser on any device — same account, same book, nothing to install.
Start writing — free
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