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novelWriter
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saga-soft / novelWriter

novelWriter

novelWriter is an open source plain text editor designed for writing novels

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What it is

novelWriter is an open source plain text editor designed for writing novels

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by week5 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2020-11-18 03:29:45 UTC to 2021-06-15 13:38:50 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

0122020-11-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-11-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsNov 162020-11-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-11-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-11-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-12-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-12-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-12-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-12-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-12-21 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-12-21 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-12-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-12-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-01-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-01-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-01-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2021-01-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-02-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-02-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-02-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-02-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-02-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-02-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-03-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsMar 12021-03-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-03-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-03-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-03-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-03-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-03-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-03-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-04-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-04-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-04-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-04-12 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-04-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-04-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-04-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-04-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-05-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-05-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-05-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-05-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-05-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-05-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-05-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-05-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-05-31 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-05-31 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-06-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-06-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-06-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2021-06-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-06-21 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJun 14

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Nov 162020-11-16 00:00:00 UTC2020-11-23 00:00:00 UTC110
Nov 232020-11-23 00:00:00 UTC2020-11-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 302020-11-30 00:00:00 UTC2020-12-07 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 72020-12-07 00:00:00 UTC2020-12-14 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 142020-12-14 00:00:00 UTC2020-12-21 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 212020-12-21 00:00:00 UTC2020-12-28 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 282020-12-28 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-04 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 42021-01-04 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-11 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 112021-01-11 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-18 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 182021-01-18 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-25 00:00:00 UTC202
Jan 252021-01-25 00:00:00 UTC2021-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 12021-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-02-08 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 82021-02-08 00:00:00 UTC2021-02-15 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 152021-02-15 00:00:00 UTC2021-02-22 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 222021-02-22 00:00:00 UTC2021-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 12021-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-03-08 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 82021-03-08 00:00:00 UTC2021-03-15 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 152021-03-15 00:00:00 UTC2021-03-22 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 222021-03-22 00:00:00 UTC2021-03-29 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 292021-03-29 00:00:00 UTC2021-04-05 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 52021-04-05 00:00:00 UTC2021-04-12 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 122021-04-12 00:00:00 UTC2021-04-19 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 192021-04-19 00:00:00 UTC2021-04-26 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 262021-04-26 00:00:00 UTC2021-05-03 00:00:00 UTC000
May 32021-05-03 00:00:00 UTC2021-05-10 00:00:00 UTC000
May 102021-05-10 00:00:00 UTC2021-05-17 00:00:00 UTC000
May 172021-05-17 00:00:00 UTC2021-05-24 00:00:00 UTC000
May 242021-05-24 00:00:00 UTC2021-05-31 00:00:00 UTC000
May 312021-05-31 00:00:00 UTC2021-06-07 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 72021-06-07 00:00:00 UTC2021-06-14 00:00:00 UTC110
Jun 142021-06-14 00:00:00 UTC2021-06-21 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

5 sources
app4soft·Jan 19, 2021
UPD: Dev just answered[0] to your qestions: Q: Is it suitable for non-technical writers? is there any feedback on them baing able to use markdown, @pov tags etc? A: "non-technical" as in the person or the writing itself? I deliberately chose not to write a WYSIWYG editor in order to keep the files plain text and as simple as possible. I've written a WYSIWYG editor before, and didn't like the result. I guess having to use some markup makes it slightly technical in use, but I've also added menu entries and keyboard shortcuts for all the features, so it shouldn't be too difficult to get started. Q: Did you try some commercial competitors? How would you compare? I understand scrivener is one popular option A: I've used it, yes. It's excellent, and perfect if you want a full WYSIWYG editor with a lot of features. I went in a different directio
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n exactly because I wanted something simpler. Also, as a Linux user, the lack of decent options was a factor. [0] https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/discussions/567#discussi...
In NovelWriter 1.0 – A markdown-like editor for writing novels

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