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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 2.5.1 – Released on July 28, 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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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-2.5.1.AppImage
    Sha256: 8fb1980d47a98f7b165a7d58b1ec1aaac78cb6a5d63e89e42517d3c7fbb3f2a7 ShaSum File
  • Debian Package: novelwriter_2.5.1_all.deb
    Sha256: 44cd31b79e175b9f08c676e97bdb9712e397a0dfc9282b2585722e5fd637c184 ShaSum File
  • Windows Installer: novelwriter-2.5.1-amd64-setup.exe
    Sha256: be40dd49aeb7863dab86cdf61bee2ebdc58b5fc6cccb62cd09799f03b4a79a79 ShaSum File
  • MacOS DMG Image (Intel): novelWriter-2.5.1-x86_64.dmg
    Sha256: e2e2fd68de4cc196468d00acd16744e875eae1c49936ce20ccf85ae547d4eb5e ShaSum File
  • MacOS DMG Image (M1): novelWriter-2.5.1-aarch64.dmg
    Sha256: 8bfbddb76b57439ce44db3931922662e259ed121222ad70fa1c2549ee4c1e2cc 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-2.5.1.AppImage.sha256
shasum -c novelwriter_2.5.1_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-2.5.1-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-2.5.1-x86_64.dmg.sha256