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This page includes all available packages for the latest release.

Release Version: Version 2.8

Release Date: December 14, 2025

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-x86_64.AppImage [83.9 MB] Checksum File

Debian Package (Trixie)

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_all.deb [3.50 MB] Checksum File

Debian Package (Bookworm)

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-oldstable_all.deb [3.50 MB] Checksum File

Windows

Setup Installer

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

Download: novelwriter-2.8-amd64-setup.exe [104 MB] Checksum File

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MacOS

DMG Image for Intel

This is a DMG image for MacOS with x86_64 architecture.

Download: novelwriter-2.8-x86_64.dmg [120 MB] Checksum File

DMG Image for Apple Silicon (M1)

This is a DMG image for MacOS with aarch64 architecture.

Download: novelwriter-2.8-aarch64.dmg [98.6 MB] Checksum File

Other Packages

Python Wheel

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

Download: novelwriter-2.8-py3-none-any.whl [5.66 MB] Checksum File

Source Code

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

Download: novelWriter-2.8.zip

Download: novelWriter-2.8.tar.gz

See also the novelWriter Repository.

Checksum Files

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

• Linux AppImage: Checksum File

• Debian Package: Checksum File

• Windows Installer: Checksum File

• MacOS DMG Image (Intel): Checksum File

• MacOS DMG Image (M1): Checksum File

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-x86_64.AppImage.sha256
shasum -c novelwriter_2.8_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-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-x86_64.dmg.sha256