Install and update
Windows
Section titled “Windows”Needs: Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. No administrator rights: Stamppa installs for your user only.
- Download the installer,
Stamppa-<version>-setup.exe. - Run it. While Stamppa is new and not yet code-signed, SmartScreen may say “Windows protected your PC”. Click More info, then Run anyway.
- Choose the options you want: open PDFs with Stamppa, the right-click menu in File Explorer, start with Windows. You can change them later in Help ▸ Windows integration…
- Stamppa opens.
Prefer not to install? The portable .exe runs without installing anything.
Check the file (optional)
Section titled “Check the file (optional)”Each file’s SHA-256 is on the download page. In PowerShell, in your Downloads folder:
Get-FileHash .\Stamppa-<version>-setup.exeThe two values should match.
Needs: macOS 12 or later on Apple Silicon (M1 and newer). Intel Macs: contact us.
- Open the
.dmgand drag Stamppa to Applications. - The first time, macOS may say it can’t verify the developer.
- macOS 15 and later: click Done, open System Settings ▸ Privacy & Security, scroll down, click Open Anyway and confirm.
- macOS 12 to 14: Control-click Stamppa in Applications, choose Open, then Open again.
- From then on, Stamppa opens normally.
To check the file: shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Stamppa-<version>.dmg
Updating
Section titled “Updating”When it opens (at most once a day) Stamppa checks whether a new version exists and tells you; you can turn this off. It never downloads anything by itself: it opens the download page. Install the new version over the old one; your license, templates and settings stay.
To stop the daily check, untick Check for updates automatically in the update notice.
Uninstalling
Section titled “Uninstalling”- Windows: Settings ▸ Apps ▸ Installed apps ▸ Stamppa ▸ Uninstall. This also removes the right-click menu and the other options. Your settings in
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Stamppaare kept in case you reinstall; delete that folder to remove them too. - Mac: drag Stamppa from Applications to the Bin.
For IT
Section titled “For IT”Silent, per-user install:
Stamppa-<version>-setup.exe /VERYSILENT /TASKS="contextmenu,openwith"Available tasks: desktopicon, contextmenu, openwith, startup. Apart from the daily version check, Stamppa makes no network requests.