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Desktop app

DocuFlow's desktop app is the same tool catalogue as the browser, but built to keep working without an internet connection and to save files straight to your computer.

It exists for exactly the situations a browser tab can't cover well: working somewhere without reliable internet, wanting your files to save straight to a folder you chose rather than a browser's downloads folder, or simply preferring a dedicated application window over a browser tab.

This module has no screenshots of its own — the desktop app is a native window, not a browser page, so it can't be captured the same automated way as the rest of this manual. Every screen it shares with the browser (the Tools page, the editor, File Library) looks exactly like the screenshots in the earlier modules; where a screen looks or behaves differently on desktop, this module says so in words.

Before you start​

Nothing — the desktop app opens straight to the Tools page whether or not you've signed in. Signing in is optional; it only adds syncing your work to your account.

What's different from the browser​

  • The app opens directly into the Tools page. On the web, the same page requires you to sign in first; on desktop it doesn't.
  • Several tools can run entirely on your computer, without sending your file anywhere, whether or not you're online (see Working offline).
  • Saving a finished file always goes through your computer's own save dialog, not a browser download.
  • A Desktop sync control appears in the header so you can see and manage syncing your offline work to your account.
  • Files that only exist on this device (saved locally before you ever signed in, or created while offline) can't be shared until they've synced to your account — the Share button doesn't appear for them in File Library, since sharing needs the online engine.
  • Everything else — the editor, the Tools catalogue, the File Library layout — is the same app you'd see in a browser; nothing about how a tool works changes because you're on desktop.

Tips​

  • Compress image works offline for JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF and BMP pictures; HEIC and TIFF photos need a connection.
  • Remove background with Flat colour works offline; Photo (AI) usually works offline once it has been used online one time; if it asks again, connect once more.
  • Check the number next to Desktop sync before you sign out or close the app for a long stretch — it tells you if anything is still waiting to go up to your account.
  • OCR is the one "local" tool that can still ask for a connection — that only happens if its language pack isn't installed on this device yet.
  • A sync conflict means the same file changed in two places; picking Use local or Keep cloud decides which version wins, so check which one you actually want before confirming.
  • If you don't sign in at all, the app still does everything except syncing and sharing — those specifically need your account and a connection.
  • Your offline work belongs to whichever account was signed in when you made it — switching accounts on the same device doesn't merge the two people's offline work together.
  • Signing out is the one action that erases the offline workspace, not simply closing the app — closing and reopening the app while still signed in keeps everything exactly as you left it.