SpEd Packet Studio for Windows
Your packet workspace
is ready when you are.
Build, customize, preview, and export professional special education service packets from one private,
local-first desktop app.
Download for WindowsWindows 10/11 · 64-bit
✓ No cloud account required✓ Local project storage✓
PDF and ZIP export
SpEd Packet StudioWindows
desktop application
- Platform
- Windows 10/11
- Architecture
- 64-bit
- Storage
- Local-first
- Internet
- Not required
Version 1.2.1 available now · 71 MB
Version 1.2.1
Download the Windows installer.
The self-contained 64-bit installer includes everything SpEd Packet Studio needs. Your browser may ask you
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Simple setup
Everything you need is included.
SpEd Packet Studio is packaged as a self-contained Windows application. Python, Node.js, and other
development tools are not required.
- Operating system
- Windows 10 or Windows 11
- Processor
- 64-bit Windows PC
- Permissions
- No administrator approval required, but district IT policies may apply
- Working files
- Stored under your local Windows app data
Release notes
Version 1.2.1
SpEd Packet Studio 1.2.1
The latest standalone Windows release of SpEd Packet Studio is ready to download.
Review what changed in this version, then use the installer above to update or install the app.
Highlights
- - Added a more verbose startup splash screen
- - Added page number toggle
- - Removed extra observation sheet logic
- - Updated table column width settings
- - Tightened spacing on long accommodations pages
- - Fixed issues with pasting indented bullets into the rich text editors
- - Fixed observation editor autosave logic from erroring out
- - Fixed notes for staff not appearing in final PDF
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Standalone Windows installer
The installer includes the app, backend, templates, fonts, PDF renderer, and required native PDF dependencies.
Teachers do not need to install Python, Node, Rust, GTK, WeasyPrint, or Poppler separately.
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Notes
- The app stores projects locally on your computer.
- PDF export is built into the app.
- The installer may show a Windows SmartScreen warning because this first public build is not yet code-signed.
- Depending on your Windows settings, installation may require administrator permission.
Release history
Previous releases
Open a version to review its release highlights.
SpEd Packet Studio 1.2.0View release notes
- Added rich text table tools for custom pages, accommodations, and behavior plans.
- Added table row and column controls in the rich text editor.
- Added filename format builder in Export Defaults.
- Added draggable/clickable filename tokens.
- Added collection schedule to Goal Builder.
- Changed Data Sheets to use selected goal instead of a separate title field.
- Changed Data Sheet goal attachment to a dropdown.
- Changed Data Sheet column sizing to simple width presets.
- Changed data collection PDF headers to show collection schedule and table count.
- Removed Mastery Criteria from Goal Builder.
- Removed Progress-Monitoring Method from Goal Builder.
- Removed filename editing from Review & Export.
- Fixed data sheet column controls spilling out of cards.
- Fixed export filenames not updating when defaults change.
- Fixed old project filename settings overriding current defaults.
- Fixed filename tokens rendering as raw text instead of real values.
- Fixed backend export naming to support First Name and Last Name tokens.
SpEd Packet Studio 1.1.1View release notes
- Improved PDF goal grouping for service areas that share the same name (for real this time)
- Improved text field pasting behavior allowing for line breaks and indents
SpEd Packet Studio 1.1.0View release notes
- Import complete SpEd Packet Studio project backups from JSON files
- Imported backups create new projects without overwriting existing work
- Export individual or multiple selected projects as portable JSON backups
- Choose where project backup files are saved using the Windows Save dialog
- Access project importing and exporting from a new Application Settings panel
- Export PDFs with additional margin space for three-hole punching
- Choose one-sided or two-sided printing with correctly alternating binder margins
- Set default three-hole-punch preferences for new exports
- Export dialogs can reopen in the previously used folder
- Improved PDF goal grouping for service areas that share the same name
SpEd Packet Studio 1.0.0View release notes
- Create and manage local student packet projects
- Enter student profile, school year, service areas, minutes, and case manager or team contact information
- Build At-a-Glance summaries with editable sections
- Create, edit, duplicate, order, and assign goals by service area
- Add accommodations and behavior plan content
- Create data sheets with custom columns, reusable templates, staff notes, and multiple blank table pages
- Add observation sheets and custom note pages
- Configure packet versions for different audiences
- Reorder and show or hide packet pages by version
- Choose from multiple designed packet templates
- Customize palettes, service-area icon colors, fonts, and brand kit settings
- Upload district or school logos for branded covers and watermarks
- Export professional PDF packets directly from the app
- Save project backups locally