Sheaf on your desktop.
The same Sheaf you get in the browser, as a real Windows 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 Windows can check it
Every installer we publish is digitally signed. Before anything runs, Windows verifies 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.
Not on Windows right now?
Sheaf runs in your browser on any device — same account, same book, nothing to install.
Start writing — free
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