saga-soft/novelWriter (formerly vkbo/novelWriter)

{
  "archived": false,
  "revision": {
    "ref": "v26.2.2 (latest release, published 2026-10-11T17:07:27Z)",
    "pinned": true,
    "source_url": "https://github.com/saga-soft/novelWriter/releases"
  },
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "usefulness": "Open-source plain-text editor that assembles a novel from many small documents and keeps notes alongside them in a project format meant for version control. For series work it is a candidate store for a text-based bible; its README does not describe episode/season structure or consistency checking.",
  "source_type": "repository",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [
    "Python",
    "Qt6",
    "PyQt6"
  ],
  "source_owner": "saga-soft (repository moved from vkbo)",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z",
  "known_limitations": [
    "README gives no Python or Qt version numbers.",
    "The docs site lists sections including 'Tags and References' but the deep link I tried returned a 404 page, so the tag/reference mechanism is unread.",
    "Novel-oriented; no TV season/episode model or canon checking is described in what was read."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2026-10-17T15:48:24.000Z"
}