FREE · OPEN SOURCE · WINDOWS 10 / 11

See it before you print.
Collect every print in one preview stack.

Deste is a batch printing and print-preview app for Windows — the Print Stack. Print to Deste from any app; your print collects in a preview stack before it ever hits paper. Organize it, drop the pages you don't need, print double-sided and economically, or save it all as one PDF. Native Rust, a software-rendered Slint UI, and pdfium — no account, no network.

Rust + Slint
pdfium
Local IPP printer
MIT licensed
Vector printing
View source on GitHub
double-sided · eco
Stack
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What is it

A printer that sees the job before it hits paper.

Deste is the Print Stack — a stack of paper (that's what "Deste" means in Turkish). It adds itself to Windows as a native IPP printer; when you print to it from any app, the job is captured as a PDF instead of going straight to paper, and collects in the panel as a document stack.

It's built in Rust with a software-rendered Slint UI and a real PDF engine (pdfium). Capture, preview, and printing all run entirely on your machine — no cloud, no account.

Print to Deste, organize the stack, drop the pages you don't need — then print double-sided and economically, or save it all as one PDF.

Print → Deste
select printer
"Deste (localhost)"
3 docs collected in the stack
report.docx · 4 pages
invoice.pdf · 1 page
...

Everything a print deserves

One print gesture, then a full toolkit for what happens before it hits paper.

Capture from any app

Deste adds itself to Windows as a native printer. Word, your browser, a PDF viewer — it doesn't matter; hit Print, pick Deste, and the job lands in the panel before it touches paper.

Stacks and All Pages views

See incoming jobs document-by-document as a Stacks view, or page-by-page as All Pages. Switch between the two with one click.

Large preview

Open any page in a full-screen overlay preview. See everything full-size and confirm it's right before you print.

Remove pages + drag to reorder

Drop the pages you don't need and reorder the rest by drag-and-drop. Keep only the pages you actually want to print.

Copies, double-sided, eco

Copy count, double-sided (long or short edge), eco (3 levels), and black-and-white options. Print without wasting paper or toner.

Vector printing

With no filter applied, text and vectors stay sharp — Deste sends the job to the printer as vector, without rasterizing it.

Compress PDFs

Shrink a PDF while its text stays searchable. Smart only re-encodes images; Aggressive compresses them harder. Pick a per-page strength of 1–5 and see the size with a before/after preview.

History & re-queue

Deleted or cleared documents are archived to History — never lost for good. Preview any of them and re-queue it in one click to bring it back to the print list.

Dark mode

Switch the whole interface to dark colors from Settings. An easy-on-the-eyes theme is a single click away.

Save as PDF

Merge your selected pages into a single PDF file. The easy way to collect jobs from different apps into one document.

Windows print dialog

Need more control? Hand the job off to the classic Windows print dialog anytime and reach every driver-specific option.

System tray + autostart

Deste waits quietly in the system tray and can start automatically at login — the moment you print, the panel is ready.

Fully local & private

Everything happens on your machine: capture, preview, and print. The printer only runs on localhost — no network, no cloud, no account.

The flow

Print, collect, organize, print

Deste adds itself to Windows as a native IPP printer (localhost:631). In the app you want to print from, pick Deste as the printer; the rest happens in the panel. Here's a typical print's journey through Deste.

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Hit Print in any app and pick Deste as the printer
2
The job is captured as a PDF and appears as a document stack in the panel
3
Organize the stack — drop the pages you don't need, reorder by drag-and-drop
4
Preview in a large overlay and check everything before it hits paper
5
Choose copies, double-sided, and eco, then print
or
Save selected pages as one PDF — without spending a single sheet
See all print options and settings
Yours, on your machine

Local by default. Open by license.

Capture, preview, and printing happen entirely on your computer. The virtual printer only listens on localhost — the documents you print are never sent anywhere or tied to any account. And because every job collects in a preview stack first, dropping the pages you don't need also saves paper and toner.

localhost only

Deste runs the virtual printer only on localhost:631. Capture and preview never leave your computer.

No network, no cloud

Jobs aren't uploaded to a cloud or sent to a server. Everything runs on your own machine, offline.

No account

No sign-up, no login, no email. Download it, install it, print — nothing else required.

See it before you print

Every job collects in a preview stack first. Check the pages and drop what you don't need to save paper and toner.

MIT licensed, source on GitHub

The whole app is open source under the MIT license. Read it, build it, fork it.

Behind Deste

Built by ReviseTouch

Deste is a free, open-source app from ReviseTouch — we build developer tools and AI products. It's the same team and the same standards behind everything on our site: native performance, honest privacy defaults, and tools we use ourselves every day.

See what else we build
Where it runs

Windows today. Core is cross-platform.

Deste is Windows-only right now because the capture layer (the virtual IPP printer), the tray, and printing use Windows-specific paths. The UI (Slint) and the PDF engine (pdfium) are already cross-platform, so a capture layer for other platforms is on the roadmap.

Available Windows 10 / 11
Available Vector printing (text/vectors preserved when no filter)
Available Save as PDF — merge selected pages
Available PDF compression (Smart/Aggressive, text stays searchable)
Available History & re-queue — recover deleted documents
Planned macOS / Linux capture layer
Planned More print templates and page layouts (multiple pages per sheet)

Quality over savings

When no filter is applied, Deste sends the job to the printer as vector, so text and lines stay sharp. When eco or black-and-white is needed, the right conversion kicks in.

Print quality and eco settings
FREE · OPEN SOURCE · NO ACCOUNT

Start printing in under a minute.

Grab the latest deste release from the Releases page, install it, and let it add itself to Windows as a printer. Print to Deste from any app — the rest happens in the preview stack.

Windows 10 / 11 · MIT licensed · Prefer to build it yourself? git clone and cargo build --release. View on GitHub