Downloads

This page includes all available packages for the latest release.

When pre-release packages for the next version of novelWriter are available, these release packages are also listed on this page. When there is no pre-release available, the section is empty.

You can find more information on how to set up novelWriter on the Setup and Installation page of the documentation.

Latest Release

Release Version: Version 2.6.3

Release Date: February 16, 2025

Release Notes: Release 2.6

GitHub Release: GitHub

Linux

AppImage

The AppImage should run on any recent Linux distro. See the

Download: novelWriter-2.6.3.AppImage [ 94.9 MB ]

Checksum: 6099b28216eced371faca6d5cd52a31388964a25d0dfdde9cf62438fbbeb0887 ShaSum File

AppImage website for more info.

Debian Package

The package is built for Debian, but should also work for Ubuntu and Linux Mint.

Download: novelwriter_2.6.3_all.deb [ 4.05 MB ]

Checksum: 490fb0cb37c9bd0d6551ffd8e09d35e9e6d313e02796b69ee68ff60708e6416c ShaSum File

Windows

Setup Installer

This is a standard setup installer for Windows. It is made for Windows 10 or newer.

Download: novelwriter-2.6.3-amd64-setup.exe [ 49.3 MB ]

Checksum: 9c52a9cbdd35b12608319d7c3d531fc7f483ea3513dec688c1f839efd80c5460 ShaSum File

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MacOS

DMG Image for Intel

This is a DMG image for MacOS with x86_64 architecture. It is built on MacOS 12.

Download: novelWriter-2.6.3-x86_64.dmg [ 96.3 MB ]

Checksum: 34ba50008b0749d406c63458b68d236011c3031f92a36974be4bae233d48e261 ShaSum File

DMG Image for Apple Silicon (M1)

This is a DMG image for MacOS with aarch64 architecture. It is built on MacOS 14.

Download: novelWriter-2.6.3-aarch64.dmg [ 91.2 MB ]

Checksum: 845bee441b92fa4018fb4dc50f3e4411a4f3174f9a30adf0f398256fd83a9487 ShaSum File

Other Packages

Python Wheel

The Wheel package can be installed with pip install <file_path>.

Download: novelWriter-2.6.3-py3-none-any.whl [ 6.71 MB ]

Checksum: 271518b0cd2028328ed991edd1788345f6472187c93012d475fb0e9aea65d4f6 ShaSum File

Source Code The source code packages are archived files of the entire source code. See also the novelWriter Repository.

Download: novelWriter-2.6.3.zip

Download: novelWriter-2.6.3.tar.gz

Latest Pre-Release

Release Version: Version 2.7 Beta 1

Release Date: April 20, 2025

Release Notes: Pre-Release 2.7 Beta 1

GitHub Release: GitHub

Linux

AppImage

The AppImage should run on any recent Linux distro. See the

Download: novelWriter-2.7b1.AppImage [ 117 MB ]

Checksum: 203651fb9245fb5252f56dc13914603fdb6d24fa991da6f0a9a6716c30811a6b ShaSum File

AppImage website for more info.

Debian Package

The package is built for Debian, but should also work for Ubuntu and Linux Mint.

Download: novelwriter_2.7b1_all.deb [ 4.18 MB ]

Checksum: 26af6af8bc919a3487c86fd61838cc8bd9a8ddb005f7abba55bd3d522e8fe42b ShaSum File

Windows

Setup Installer

This is a standard setup installer for Windows. It is made for Windows 10 or newer.

Download: novelwriter-2.7b1-amd64-setup.exe [ 62.9 MB ]

Checksum: 66020401f4486e89f30d192bff293bf53360037b48b6f6c3739bf6838f8e99d5 ShaSum File

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MacOS

DMG Image for Intel

This is a DMG image for MacOS with x86_64 architecture. It is built on MacOS 12.

Download: novelWriter-2.7b1-x86_64.dmg [ 105 MB ]

Checksum: 5a55a0308154c9fe89ee39b2e3dce4f624425235219341ee59bc402ce84058a2 ShaSum File

DMG Image for Apple Silicon (M1)

This is a DMG image for MacOS with aarch64 architecture. It is built on MacOS 14.

Download: novelWriter-2.7b1-aarch64.dmg [ 98.6 MB ]

Checksum: 7083f81e360dabe9331ec32445e9ebcc126462c72abd681d407eb3c5d73ed341 ShaSum File

Other Packages

Python Wheel

The Wheel package can be installed with pip install <file_path>.

Download: novelwriter-2.7b1-py3-none-any.whl [ 6.85 MB ]

Checksum: 6dcc9b6844f8e2b759d0d20a8b35b30486f5b0f13f67bbe86b4b736f9a31b9b6 ShaSum File

Source Code The source code packages are archived files of the entire source code. See also the novelWriter Repository.

Download: novelWriter-2.7b1.zip

Download: novelWriter-2.7b1.tar.gz