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title: Install ghostwriter on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of ghostwriter for Linux - Distraction-free text
  editor for Markdown
url: https://snapcraft.io/ghostwriter
---

# ghostwriter

[KDE](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/kde "View all snaps from KDE")

* [KDE](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/kde "View all snaps from KDE")

latest/stable 26.04.3

Install latest/stable of ghostwriter

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install ghostwriter
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* ghostwriter

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### License

* GPL-3.0+

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### Last updated

* 3 July 2026 - latest/stable
* 2 July 2026 - latest/beta

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### Websites

* [ghostwriter.kde.org](https://ghostwriter.kde.org "https://ghostwriter.kde.org")

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### Donations

* [kde.org](https://kde.org/community/donations/?app=ghostwriter "https://kde.org/community/donations/?app=ghostwriter")

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### Report a bug

* [bugs.kde.org](https://bugs.kde.org "https://bugs.kde.org")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/ghostwriter#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/ghostwriter#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/ghostwriter#tab-security)

#### Distraction-free text editor for Markdown

ghostwriter is a distraction-free text editor for Markdown featuring
a live HTML preview as you type, theme creation, focus mode, fullscreen
mode, live word count, and document navigation in an aesthetic writing
environment. It comes with the cmark-gfm Markdown processor built in, and
can integrate with Pandoc, MultiMarkdown, Discount, and cmark
processors if they are installed.

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## Install ghostwriter on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/ghostwriter/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/ghostwriter/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/ghostwriter/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/ghostwriter/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/ghostwriter/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/ghostwriter/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/ghostwriter/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/ghostwriter/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/ghostwriter/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/ghostwriter/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/ghostwriter/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/ghostwriter/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/ghostwriter/raspbian)

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