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20 Best Free and Open Source Linux Tools for Novelists

The software featured in this article is designed to meet the specialised needs of a budding novelist.

novelibre is a novel organizer for writers who use LibreOffice or OpenOffice.

WareWoolf is a minimalist novel-writing system and rich text editor built specifically for fiction writing.

NovProg tracks daily and total word counts for novels, charting writing progress against goals in a desktop application for Linux.

Scriptorium combines manuscript planning, scene-based writing and publishing with story elements, structure, preview, and EPUB export.

Bibisco is a novel writing environment for developing characters, settings, narrative strands, chapters, scenes, revisions and exports.

FocusWriter is a distraction-free word processor with themes, daily goals, live statistics, spell checking, timers, and session management.

Manuskript helps writers organise plots, characters, research and scenes with structured outlines, planning tools and focused editing.

Quoll Writer is a desktop writing environment with chapters, assets, notes, outlining, goals, statistics, focused editing, and export.