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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 2.0.7 – Released on April 16, 2023 – 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
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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.

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

Sha256 Checksums#

  • Linux AppImage: novelWriter-2.0.7-py3.10-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.AppImage
    Sha256: a493fbdb16f4ee9d63bf42568a0d057f9093fa9c69f9a6ba1d6c043673c3b2a4 ShaSum File
  • Debian Package: novelwriter_2.0.7_all.deb
    Sha256: aeaa3e1bc797ea1527313e4b64b691a516b013e0e5d160e4644421881162736f ShaSum File
  • Windows Installer: novelwriter-2.0.7-py3.10.11-win10-amd64-setup.exe
    Sha256: 342f4257bfbcbfa5fc0655c7f7c980c94fbc94967f0f91d2bc71d8a2b872ac88 ShaSum File
  • MacOS DMG Image: novelWriter-2.0.7-macos.dmg
    Sha256: 9e5fc4fd03e636f64e7b6ae38e52190f21d76b62a4519a746f853d4ebdeec3a0 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-2.0.7-py3.10-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.AppImage.sha256
shasum -c novelwriter_2.0.7_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-2.0.7-py3.10.11-win10-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-2.0.7-macos.dmg.sha256