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 2.5.1
Release Date: July 28, 2024
Release Notes: Release 2.5
GitHub Release: GitHub

Linux#

AppImage

The AppImage should run on any recent Linux distro. See the AppImage website for more info.

Download: novelWriter-2.5.1.AppImage [ 94.5 MB ]
Checksum: 8fb1980d47a98f7b165a7d58b1ec1aaac78cb6a5d63e89e42517d3c7fbb3f2a7 ShaSum File
Debian Package

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

Download: novelwriter_2.5.1_all.deb [ 3.60 MB ]
Checksum: 44cd31b79e175b9f08c676e97bdb9712e397a0dfc9282b2585722e5fd637c184 ShaSum File

Windows#

Setup Installer

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

Download: novelwriter-2.5.1-amd64-setup.exe [ 46.1 MB ]
Checksum: be40dd49aeb7863dab86cdf61bee2ebdc58b5fc6cccb62cd09799f03b4a79a79 ShaSum File

MacOS#

DMG Image for Intel

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

Download: novelWriter-2.5.1-x86_64.dmg [ 94.4 MB ]
Checksum: e2e2fd68de4cc196468d00acd16744e875eae1c49936ce20ccf85ae547d4eb5e 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-2.5.1-aarch64.dmg [ 73.0 MB ]
Checksum: 8bfbddb76b57439ce44db3931922662e259ed121222ad70fa1c2549ee4c1e2cc ShaSum File

Other Packages#

Python Wheel

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

Checksum: b6a55ca95bf68aa7ad7040e39faee49cba8b2ed2218a7c5cf7ed3766393aedf9 ShaSum File

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

Latest Pre-Release#

There is currently no pre-release available …