Desktop app

Plans & pricing.

Everything you need to journal, document and archive your research data — all free while we're in beta.

SepiaLog is in open beta. Every feature below — including all the Pro tools — is currently unlocked and completely free for beta users. No payment, no account, no unlock codes.

Always free

Free

All you need to keep a complete, archive-ready data journal.

€0 / forever

  • Daily logging — write a note on what you changed
  • Built-in version history — automatic snapshots, no git or setup; reopen your data exactly as it was
  • Visual timeline & clickable dataset map
  • Guided metadata & one-click Data Management Plan (Word, PDF & maDMP)
  • Codebook / data-dictionary generator
  • Data Quality Guardian — row loss, duplicate IDs, impossible values vs. your last version
  • Sensitive-data / GDPR scan — CSV, Excel, Numbers, Word & Pages
  • Archive-ready export — checksums, README, citation file
  • 100% local & private — your data never leaves your computer
  • English · Deutsch · 简体中文
Institution

Institution

For universities, institutes and research groups.

Free during beta

then €10 / researcher / year

+ one-time base fee for custom setup

  • Everything in Pro, plus
  • Custom DMP templates matching your institution's RDM policy
  • Private institution access codes for your researchers
  • Shared metadata standards & controlled vocabularies
  • Onboarding, training & priority support
  • Volume licensing & site deployment
  • A say in the roadmap
Contact us

Download SepiaLog

Free and open during the beta — available in English, Deutsch and 简体中文.

macOS
Apple Silicon · .dmg
Coming soon
Windows
10 / 11 · Microsoft Store
Get it on Microsoft Store
Linux
AppImage
Coming soon
macOS & Linux builds are on the way. Windows is available now via the Microsoft Store; the other buttons activate as soon as those builds are published.

Opening it the first time

Windows

Click Get it on Microsoft Store and install from the Store — SepiaLog installs and updates automatically, with no security warnings.

macOS

Drag SepiaLog into Applications, then double‑click it. The first time, macOS shows a standard confirmation for any downloaded app — just click Open. SepiaLog is signed and notarized by Apple, so there’s nothing to run in Terminal.

Linux

Make the AppImage executable, then run it:

chmod +x SepiaLog.AppImage ./SepiaLog.AppImage
QR code to open the SepiaLog mobile app on your phone

SepiaLog on your phone

Catch an idea or a to-do the moment it strikes — quick capture, even offline. Each note links to the right project in SepiaLog by #hashtag, so nothing gets lost between the lab and your desk.

Get the mobile app Scan the code, or open it on your phone and tap “Add to Home Screen” — iPhone & Android.

How SepiaLog Pro works

No account and no tracking. Everything is free during the beta — here's how activation will work once Pro launches.

Step 1

Subscribe

Check out securely (€15/year + VAT). Our payment partner Polar is the seller of record (Merchant of Record), so VAT and your invoice are handled for you.

Step 2

Get your key

You instantly receive a personal license key by email. No account to create, no password to remember.

Step 3

Activate in the app

Open SepiaLog → Settings → SepiaLog Pro, paste your key, and Pro unlocks. It keeps working offline, and you can cancel any time.

Cancel anytime. Changed your mind? Get a full refund within the first 14 days. Cancel after that and you simply won't be charged again next year — you keep Pro for the rest of the year you've already paid for.

Your key activates SepiaLog on your computer — only the key is ever sent for verification, never your research data.