Downloads#

This page includes all available packages for the latest release.

Release Version: Version 2026.1
Release Date: April 26, 2026
Release Notes: Release 2026.1
Release Feedback: Discussion
Release on GitHub: GitHub

Linux#

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AppImage

The AppImage should run on any recent Linux distro.

Download: novelwriter-26.1-x86_64.AppImage [84.5 MB] Checksum File

Debian Package (Trixie, Ubuntu 25.10+)

The package is built for Debian Trixie, but should also work for newer Ubuntu, Linux Mint and other Debian-based releases.

Download: novelwriter_26.1_all.deb [3.52 MB] Checksum File

Debian Package (Bookworm, Ubuntu 24.04)

The package is built for Debian Bookworm, but should also work for older Ubuntu, Linux Mint and other Debian-based releases.

Download: novelwriter_26.1-oldstable_all.deb [3.52 MB] Checksum File

Windows#

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Setup Installer

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

Download: novelwriter-26.1-amd64-setup.exe [104 MB] Checksum File

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Other Packages#

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Python Wheel

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

Download: novelwriter-26.1-py3-none-any.whl [5.70 MB] Checksum File

Source Code

The source code packages are archived files of the entire source code.

Download: novelWriter-26.1.zip
Download: novelWriter-26.1.tar.gz

See also the novelWriter Repository.

Note

For the time being, the MacOS releases have been discontinued. There are currently no one available to maintain these releases. This is an open source project, and it depends on volunteers and contributors to run. See this discussion for more details.

If you own a Mac and have a Python environment set up, you can still install the Python package of novelWriter and run the latest release. See Installing from PyPi for more details.

Checksum Files#

Checksum files are released alongside the packages. These files can be used to verify the downloaded package.

Verify the Checksum

Download the corresponding Checksum File to the same location
Run one of the commands below in a terminal window in the same folder
shasum -c novelwriter-26.1-x86_64.AppImage.sha256
shasum -c novelwriter_26.1_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-26.1-amd64-setup.exe | Format-List