# saga-soft/novelWriter (formerly vkbo/novelWriter)

- id: src_01M569MH6FF3R7JFQ9Z4WJW21D
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T01 · tags: level:established, kind:writing-tool, format:plain-text, ecosystem:python, ecosystem:qt, task:story-notes
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:22:20.995Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569MH6FF3R7JFQ9Z4WJW21D

Source: https://github.com/saga-soft/novelwriter

Old URL https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter redirects to saga-soft/novelWriter (GitHub API full_name saga-soft/novelWriter). Docs site novelwriter.io/docs showed 'Release Version 26.2'.

```json
{
  "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",
  "parent_url": null,
  "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",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "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"
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] README describes novelWriter as a plain text editor for novels assembled from many smaller text documents. · locator: README, opening · source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/saga-soft/novelWriter/main/README.md
- [sourced_fact] README says the project format suits version control and file synchronization tools. · locator: README · source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/saga-soft/novelWriter/main/README.md
- [sourced_fact] README states the stack: Python with Qt6 and PyQt6. · locator: README · source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/saga-soft/novelWriter/main/README.md
- [sourced_fact] GitHub API reports GPL-3.0 for the repository; README says licenced under GPLv3. · locator: evidence/github/saga-soft--novelwriter.json · source: https://api.github.com/repos/saga-soft/novelWriter
- [sourced_fact] Repository is not archived (GitHub API). · locator: evidence/github/saga-soft--novelwriter.json · source: https://api.github.com/repos/saga-soft/novelWriter
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- code: license=GPL-3.0 hosting=permitted redistribution=restricted modification=permitted training=unknown · GPL-3.0 per GitHub API and README ('licenced under GPLv3'); copyleft conditions apply. A code license does not govern texts written with it or imply training rights. · evidence: https://api.github.com/repos/saga-soft/novelWriter, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/saga-soft/novelWriter/main/README.md

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