Scrib Desktop is a tabbed text editor for Windows that encrypts files with AES-256. It handles plain text, rich text and its own encrypted .scrb format, and it runs fully offline: no network code, no telemetry and no account. Encryption is per file and opt in. Press Ctrl+E on any note to set a password and save it as a .scrb, encrypted with AES-256-CBC and an HMAC-SHA256 integrity check in an encrypt-then-MAC scheme, with the key derived by PBKDF2-SHA256. Tampered files are rejected before decryption. Ctrl+L locks an open encrypted note in place, clearing its decrypted content and password from the editor until the password is re-entered, and an optional idle auto-lock does the same unattended. Other features include multi-tab editing with per-tab colors and session restore, rich text with images and tables stored inside the note, RTF import and export, find and replace across all open tabs, a command palette and atomic saves so an interrupted write cannot truncate a file. Scrib Desktop is free and open source under the GPL-3.0 license. Scrib is also on iPhone and Android: https://scrib.blog
What's new in 1.11.0
Printing arrives, and a bug that could replace a table cell's text with the whole note is fixed. That bug affected 1.10.2 and earlier, so updating is recommended. The .scrb format is unchanged. - Table fix: after typing in a table cell, clicking the note and pressing Ctrl+End could replace the cell's text with the entire note, and the next save kept it. Clicking the note now takes the cursor out of the cell first. The first click on a new table now goes into the cell, and Tab in a cell no longer inserts a tab into the note. - Printing: File > Print (Ctrl+P) prints the active note through the standard Windows print dialog, so any printer Windows knows about works, including Microsoft Print to PDF and Universal Print. Tables and SVG images do not print yet. Printing an encrypted note asks first, because the printout is not encrypted. - Built with Flutter 3.47.7. Open, Save As and Insert Image now use Flutter's own Windows file dialogs. Test suite grown from 670 to 707.
A rich-text note saved as .rtf now keeps its images. The file still opens in Word and WordPad. The .scrb format is unchanged. RTF images: - PNG and JPEG images are stored as they are. GIF, WebP and BMP images are converted to PNG. The width set in the editor and any image link are saved too. - Opening an .rtf brings back its PNG and JPEG pictures, including ones saved by Word. - Tables and SVG images still cannot be stored in RTF. Scrib asks before a save would remove them. Save as .scrb to keep them. Also includes the 1.10.1 fixes: - Closing Scrib no longer crashes. - Rich text now saves under any file name, even one typed without an extension. Test suite grown from 643 to 670.
Frequently asked questions
Is Scrib Desktop free?
Yes. Scrib Desktop is free and open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license.
What is the latest version of Scrib Desktop?
The latest version is 1.11.0, released on Oct 18, 2026.
Is it safe to download Scrib Desktop?
The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with 339673414ce043affd5cbc71b49ce275c920077946f8b3bb3d8a6bc0a17aa3d4.
Which Windows versions does Scrib Desktop support?
Scrib Desktop requires Windows 10 or later and is available for 64-bit (x64) systems.
How do I uninstall Scrib Desktop?
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find Scrib Desktop and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=BeeswaxPat.ScribDesktop -e.
Is there a portable version of Scrib Desktop?
Yes. Scrib Desktop is available as a portable ZIP archive (scrib-desktop-v1.11.0-windows-x64.zip, 64-bit (x64)) that runs without installation. Copy it to any folder or USB drive and run it from there.
Alternatives to Scrib Desktop
Other Text Editors programs for Windows from different developers.
