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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 2.0.6 – Released on February 26, 2023 – Release Notes

Linux

Download
AppImage
Debian Package
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Windows

Download
Setup Installer
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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.

Sha256 Checksums#

  • Linux AppImage: novelWriter-2.0.6-py3.10-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.AppImage
    Sha256: 98380ccd8dee025f4839bddcbf1b0140c57b92c911be9081980d4bfdde10e03c ShaSum File
  • Debian Package: novelwriter_2.0.6_all.deb
    Sha256: 3c64d0b21b23096f0ba3b0d210d947a83c2cc0859f9b53b1a35137c4f2bb66d8 ShaSum File
  • Windows Installer: novelwriter-2.0.6-py3.10.10-win10-amd64-setup.exe
    Sha256: 370ce821eedc01b8173a17c771543a7f62c2d6f5b120b00994fc34dbdca53d1a ShaSum File
  • MacOS DMG Image: novelWriter-2.0.6-macos.dmg
    Sha256: 8e5f12110b5f3b93a6445d34a5b5e45bab0167b3474690f9aa1b8fd5bcfde9c8 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-2.0.6-py3.10-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.AppImage.sha256
shasum -c novelwriter_2.0.6_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-2.0.6-py3.10.10-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-2.0.6-macos.dmg.sha256