Download NovelOS Studio
Free to download for Windows and macOS, and to install on your phone. Activate it with your license key, or buy one for $45 and own it forever.
Version 1.4.1 has write by voice, margin notes and Book Preview, on desktop and on the phone. See everything it does or read the changelog.
macOS
If your computer blocks the first launch Common, and a one-time fix. The download is fine.
macOS and Windows both ask you to confirm the first time you open an app downloaded from outside their own stores, and the wording can sound alarming. It takes a few seconds. Pick your system below.
macOS 15 Sequoia or later Control-click no longer works on these versions
- Double-click NovelOS. macOS blocks it — that is expected.
- Open System Settings, then Privacy & Security.
- Scroll to Security. "NovelOS was blocked" appears with an Open Anyway button.
- Click Open Anyway, then confirm with your password or Touch ID.
macOS 14 Sonoma or earlier
- Right-click (or Control-click) NovelOS in Applications.
- Choose Open from the menu.
- Click Open in the dialog that appears.
Windows
- Windows may show "Windows protected your PC".
- Click More info, then Run anyway.
Mac: still blocked after the steps above Clears the quarantine flag for NovelOS only
- Open the Terminal app (Applications, then Utilities).
- Type xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine followed by a space.
- Drag NovelOS from your Applications folder into the Terminal window. The path fills itself in.
- Press Enter, then try opening NovelOS again.
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/NovelOS.appIf it answers "Operation not permitted", put sudo in front and run it again. It will ask for your Mac password, which is not shown as you type.
Still stuck? Email support@novelos.studio and we will get you running.
After you install
NovelOS opens to an activation screen. Paste your license key once and it is stored on your device, no account and no sign-in.
Don’t have a license key yet? Get one for $45, once.
Install the app
Windows or macOS from the file above, or open it on your phone.
Paste your key
Your license key arrives by email when you buy.
Start writing
Your work saves automatically and stays on your device.
What's new
- Added: Exported books use the language of the book. "Chapter 1", "Contents", "Author" and the other words NovelOS adds to an export now follow the language set on the Overview, not the language of the app. This works in Word, EPUB, HTML, Markdown, plain text and RTF for every language. PDF and Book Preview do the same, except in Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Thai, Chinese, Japanese and Korean, which keep the English words there for now.
- Added: Places and lore can be linked to each other. Open Connections on a place or a lore entry and click Add Link; the link shows on both.
- Added: Spark: video cards have an Upload Video button, like image and audio cards.
- Improved: Write by voice shows what it is doing: Starting, Loading, then Listening once the microphone is really open. A first-time download shows as Downloading with a percentage, and repeated words no longer flicker while a sentence is forming.
- Improved: Publish has one PDF format. PDF (Digital) and PDF (Print Ready) made the same file, so they are now a single PDF. Saved presets and export history keep working.
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