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title: Install Hammer Editor on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Hammer Editor for Linux - A simple tool for
  building stories
url: https://snapcraft.io/hammer-editor
---

# Hammer Editor

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latest/stable 3.9.2

Install latest/stable of Hammer Editor

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install hammer-editor
```

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

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### Package name

* hammer-editor

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 22 August 2026 - latest/stable
* 10 January 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [hammer.ink](https://hammer.ink "https://hammer.ink")

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### Donations

* [www.patreon.com](https://www.patreon.com/c/DarkRockStudios "https://www.patreon.com/c/DarkRockStudios")

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### Source code

* [github.com/Wavesonics/hammer-editor](https://github.com/Wavesonics/hammer-editor "https://github.com/Wavesonics/hammer-editor")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/Wavesonics/hammer-editor/issues](https://github.com/Wavesonics/hammer-editor/issues "https://github.com/Wavesonics/hammer-editor/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### A simple tool for building stories

Hammer is a multi-platform story editor application. It's designed for
novelists and storytellers who want an offline-first writing experience
with optional self-hosted synchronization.

---- **Writing Features**

**Write in Scenes**
Break your story down into smaller scenes. Take notes alongside, write a short summary to help view your story in outline mode.

**Organize your scenes**
Need two characters to meet earlier? Simply drag and drop your scenes to change their order.

**Use Drafts of your scenes**
Save a Draft before a major rewrite of your scene. This makes major changes to your story less scary, because you can always go back.

**Write out your timeline**
Use the timeline feature to visualize the timeline of your plot or even your world.

**Write your Encyclopedia**
Make entries for your characters, places, events, anything you can think of. Add pictures to capture a thousand words.

**Notes**
Need to capture a quick thought about your story or world? Throw it into the notes section.

---- **Technical Features**

**Multi-platform**
Bring this app anywhere — on your phone, tablet, desktop, or laptop. It is not simply a website-in-a-box. It uses native client side technologies to provide the best experience possible.

**Multi-Screen**
Whether you are on a phone, tablet, or desktop, Hammer will make the best use of your screen space, expanding to give you space to work. Also supporting both light and dark modes.

**Offline First**
Hammer is designed from the ground up to be entirely local, no internet connection required, ever. You can sync to a server, either self-hosted or one hosted by a third party such as hammer.ink. But it's entirely optional.

**Transparent Data**
Your data is yours. It's not stored in the cloud or some opaque database. It is stored in simple, human-readable files, just using files and folders to define the project structure. You can open your system's file browser and take a look for your self. If this program went away today, you would be able to easily interact with your data.

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## Install Hammer Editor 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/hammer-editor/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/hammer-editor/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/hammer-editor/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/hammer-editor/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/hammer-editor/fedora)

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

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/hammer-editor/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/hammer-editor/manjaro)

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

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/hammer-editor/opensuse)

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

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/hammer-editor/ubuntu)