Downloads#

This page includes all available packages for the latest release.

Release Version: Version 2.8.2
Release Date: January 25, 2026
Release Notes: Release 2.8
Release Feedback:  Discussion
Release on GitHub:  GitHub

Linux#

AppImage

The AppImage should run on any recent Linux distro.

Download: novelwriter-2.8.2-x86_64.AppImage [83.9 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_2.8.2_all.deb [3.50 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_2.8.2-oldstable_all.deb [3.50 MB] Checksum File

Setup Installer

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

Download: novelwriter-2.8.2-amd64-setup.exe [104 MB] Checksum File

Free code signing is provided by SignPath.io, certificate by SignPath Foundation.

Attention

The DMG images for MacOS will be discontinued from release 2.9. See this discussion for more details.

DMG Image for Intel

This is a DMG image for MacOS with x86_64 architecture.

Download: novelwriter-2.8.2-x86_64.dmg [104 MB] Checksum File

DMG Image for Apple Silicon (M1)

This is a DMG image for MacOS with aarch64 architecture.

Download: novelwriter-2.8.2-aarch64.dmg [115 MB] Checksum File

Python Wheel

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

Download: novelwriter-2.8.2-py3-none-any.whl [5.67 MB] Checksum File

Source Code

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

Download: novelWriter-2.8.2.zip

Download: novelWriter-2.8.2.tar.gz

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

Verify the Checksum

Linux

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-2.8.2-x86_64.AppImage.sha256
shasum -c novelwriter_2.8.2_all.deb.sha256

Windows

Run the following command in PowerShell from the same folder

Check the Hash value against the value displayed above

Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 novelwriter-2.8.2-amd64-setup.exe | Format-List

MacOS

Download the corresponding Checksum File to the same location

Run the command below in a terminal window in the same folder

shasum -c novelwriter-2.8.2-x86_64.dmg.sha256