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novelWriter#

A markdown-like editor for novels

A markdown-like text editor designed for writing novels and larger projects of many smaller plain text documents.

It is designed to be a simple text editor that allows for easy organisation of text files and notes, with a meta data syntax for comments, synopsis, and cross-referencing between files, and built on plain text files for robustness.

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novelWriter is Free and Open Source, and runs on Linux, Windows and MacOS

Latest Release#

Version 2.5.2 – Released on September 17, 2024 – Read the Release Notes

Linux

Download
AppImage
Debian Package
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Windows

Download
Setup Installer*
Install Help
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MacOS

Download
DMG Image (Intel)
DMG Image (M1)
Install Help
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* Free code signing on Windows is provided by SignPath.io, certificate by SignPath Foundation. See Code Signing Policy.

Other Install Options#

ubuntu-logo Add the Ubuntu PPA to your system#
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vkbo/novelwriter
sudo apt update && sudo apt install novelwriter
pypi-logo Install from the Python Package Index#
pip install --user novelwriter

  • For more download options, including pre-releases, see the Downloads page.

  • You can also use the Ubuntu PPA on other Debian-based distros. See Setup and Installation for more details.

  • Ubuntu pre-releases are available on the Pre-Release PPA, by adding ppa:vkbo/novelwriter-pre instead.

Sha256 Checksums#

  • Linux AppImage: novelWriter-2.5.2.AppImage
    Sha256: 0448282b3404f1e31bc7e79cf9aa1329758b8352ff8d1729e41b1ae20d8d1703 ShaSum File
  • Debian Package: novelwriter_2.5.2_all.deb
    Sha256: ccb1c82671d1ce53ced1c05efbe1edf21a0b339d65d4ea3291285762c996f06c ShaSum File
  • Windows Installer: novelwriter-2.5.2-amd64-setup.exe
    Sha256: 77af1e1220c1fce9571cb3931802e4b479a78e5aa2ceada0a388e3e60c0c8c7d ShaSum File
  • MacOS DMG Image (Intel): novelWriter-2.5.2-x86_64.dmg
    Sha256: 8e9dd98896adfdfc30d9222b4798d86ce6ba82e8eccb319b7e52c40d76448652 ShaSum File
  • MacOS DMG Image (M1): novelWriter-2.5.2-aarch64.dmg
    Sha256: 3e0c961160af698c82ab7c59d4747b957418b78c8f8741d1dfac306d8eee30c0 ShaSum File

Verify the Checksum

Download the corresponding ShaSum File to the same location
Run one of the commands below in a terminal window in the same folder
shasum -c novelWriter-2.5.2.AppImage.sha256
shasum -c novelwriter_2.5.2_all.deb.sha256
Run the following command in PowerShell from the same folder
Check the Hash value against the value displayed above
Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 novelwriter-2.5.2-amd64-setup.exe | Format-List
Download the corresponding ShaSum File to the same location
Run the command below in a terminal window in the same folder
shasum -c novelWriter-2.5.2-x86_64.dmg.sha256