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GNOME Text Editor vs Janus: catalog facts
GNOME Text Editor	Janus
Free Free and open source, part of the GNOME project.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-only licence.
Linux	Linux
Clean interface with sensible defaults Syntax highlighting	Small and light on CPU Fallback binary editing mode
Linux only Few features for larger programming work	Deliberately minimal feature set Linux only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0-only
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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