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Athas vs Lapce: catalog facts
Athas	Lapce
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0; AI use can draw on included credit, your own keys…	Free Free and open source under Apache 2.0.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Coding agents and model switching built into the editor Works with your own API keys or local models through Ollama	Native Rust with GPU rendering, so it starts and scrolls faster than Electron editors Language Server Protocol support built in for completion, diagnostics and code actions
Pre-1.0 software that is still changing quickly Smaller extension ecosystem than established editors	Still pre-1.0; the last tagged release is from January 2026 Plugin ecosystem is tiny compared with VS Code
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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