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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 2.3.1 – Released on March 17, 2024 – Read the Release Notes

Linux

Windows

MacOS

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.

  • You can also use the Ubuntu PPA on other Debian-based distros. See Getting Started for more details.

  • Ubuntu pre-releases are available on the Pre-Release PPA, by adding ppa:vkbo/novelwriter-pre instead.

Sha256 Checksums#

  • Linux AppImage: novelWriter-2.3.1.AppImage
    Sha256: 6774b30b7e9ca76697c54e522a32ca09019f4acac2fcab9a2dc3d8b346a71666 ShaSum File
  • Debian Package: novelwriter_2.3.1_all.deb
    Sha256: 76377a6adaeb7a518b2b5d740c1deed66b0b5b7147431fd30beed0893b59a326 ShaSum File
  • Windows Installer: novelwriter-2.3.1-amd64-setup.exe
    Sha256: 523b1879e778326046199f2b4e990077bd9fc002f5ccdf52f9ddec16d0915c3c ShaSum File
  • MacOS DMG Image: novelWriter-2.3.1.dmg
    Sha256: 350d6d0b055863d6d9846f29c7a7e4e2d666b9c5d42b4190ed568293adc91375 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-2.3.1.AppImage.sha256
shasum -c novelwriter_2.3.1_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-2.3.1-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-2.3.1.dmg.sha256