Software · Office & notes

Scratch

A minimalist, offline-first markdown note-taking app.

Completely free
Windows
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: MIT — Open source (permissive)confirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: WindowsEstablished by Windows: Winget
Publisher: erictli
Latest version: 1.0.0
Source code: github.com/erictli/scratch

Overview

Scratch is a note-taking program, available on Windows.

Features described in its GitHub repository, on its official website and in its Winget manifest: offline use and Markdown support.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“An offline-first, open source markdown note-taking app.” — official website, 10 November 2026
“An offline-first, open source markdown note-taking app.” — official website, 10 November 2026
“An offline-first, open source markdown note-taking app.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Scratch is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

Open source code
No account needed
Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from github.com — Manifeste Winget (MIT)

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