Under the Hood

novelWriter is built with platform independent tools. It is coded in Python 3 on the Qt 5 GUI framework, connecting the two with PyQt5.

novelWriter is tested regularly on Debian, Ubuntu, Windows and macOS. It may also run on other platform where the Qt library and Python is available.

Releases of novelWriter

The latest stable release of novelWriter can be installed from pypi.org with:

pip install novelWriter

Alternatively, you can clone the repository on GitHub, or download the code as a tar.gz or zip file. You can run the application from the command line as a Python application, or use the setup script to add launcher icons for Linux. Further instructions are available on the repository page and in the documentation. Install packages will be provided at a later time.

Latest Release Notes

• Release 1.03 January 2021
  Based on my own testing and usage, and no serious bugs discovered in quite some time (aside from a few corner case issues), it appears that novelWriter is stable enough for a 1.0 release. Thanks to all the new users who keep providing feedback on bugs, cosmetic issues, or suggesting improvements and new features. I’m … Continue reading Release 1.0

Windows Installer

An installer has been created with Inno Setup, available on the releases page on GitHub. You can download the latest version here: novelWriter 1.0.2.