Installer
RecommendedStart-menu entry, opens your PDFs, and updates itself when you say so.
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Download Paperwing for Windows and Mac.
Version 1.2.3, released Oct 28, 2026. Free, with no account. Each button below downloads the file straight from the project’s GitHub releases.
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Get Paperwing.It’s free.
Version 1.2.3, released Oct 28, 2026. For Windows and macOS, with no account and nothing to sign up for.
- Windows
- Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
- macOS
- macOS 12 Monterey or later
Paperwing is a desktop app. Send yourself this page and download it on your Windows PC or Mac.
Portable
Nothing to install. Run it from any folder or a USB stick; settings stay beside it.
The first time you open it
- Run the installer, or unzip the portable version and run Paperwing.exe.
- If Windows protected your PC appears, click More info, then Run anyway. Paperwing isn’t code-signed yet, and Windows shows this for any unsigned app.
Apple Silicon
Your MacFor Macs with an M1, M2, M3 or M4 chip, and later.
Intel
Your MacFor Macs with an Intel processor.
The first time you open it
- Open the DMG and drag Paperwing into Applications.
- Right-click Paperwing in Applications, choose Open, then Open again. You only do this once.
If macOS says the app “is damaged and can’t be opened”, run this once in Terminal, then open it again:
xattr -cr /Applications/Paperwing.appNot sure which Mac you have? Apple menu, then About This Mac: “Chip: Apple” means Apple Silicon.
No Linux download yet
Paperwing is built with Electron, so it builds for Linux from source. A packaged version will come if enough people want one.
SHA256SUMS.txtOpen source under AGPL-3.0Official downloads: this site and GitHub only
Which file do I need?
- Windows 10 or 11: the installer adds Paperwing to the Start menu, can open your PDFs, and updates itself when you agree. The portable zip runs from any folder or a USB stick and keeps its settings beside it.
- A Mac with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4 and later): the Apple Silicon DMG.
- A Mac with an Intel processor: the Intel DMG. Not sure? Apple menu, then About This Mac: “Chip: Apple” means Apple Silicon.
- Linux: there’s no package yet, but Paperwing builds from source. See Building from source.
Install it
Windows
- Run the installer, or unzip the portable version and run
Paperwing.exe. - If Windows protected your PC appears, click More info, then Run anyway. Paperwing isn’t code-signed yet, and Windows shows this for any unsigned app.
- To make it your PDF app: Settings, Apps, Default apps, search for
.pdfand choose Paperwing. You also get PDF thumbnails in File Explorer.
macOS
- Open the DMG and drag Paperwing into Applications.
- The first time, right-click Paperwing in Applications, choose Open, then Open again.
- If macOS says the app “is damaged and can’t be opened”, run
xattr -cr /Applications/Paperwing.appin Terminal once, then open it again.
The full guide, including updating and uninstalling, is in INSTALL.md.
Is it safe?
Paperwing is open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence, so anyone can read every line of it on GitHub. The downloads are built from that code by GitHub Actions and published on the project’s Releases page; this site links to the same files. Each one has a SHA-256 checksum you can compare: on Windows, certutil -hashfile Paperwing-Setup-1.2.3-x64.exe SHA256; on a Mac, shasum -a 256 followed by the file name.
Official sources only: paperwingapp.com and github.com/rohanvijaykumar/paperwing/releases. Paperwing isn’t connected to PaperWingPDF (paperwingpdf.com), a separate set of browser-based tools.
System requirements
- Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. About 188 MB to download.
- macOS 12 Monterey or later, on Apple Silicon or Intel.
- An internet connection only for updates and a few one-time downloads (the Office conversion engine and OCR languages other than English).
Open your next PDF
in Paperwing.
Free for Windows and macOS. No account, no subscription, nothing to sign up for.