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Janus vs Mousepad: catalog facts
Janus	Mousepad
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-only licence.	Free Free as part of the Xfce project.
Linux	Linux
Small and light on CPU Fallback binary editing mode	Light and quick to start Simple preferences dialog with extra settings through Dconf
Deliberately minimal feature set Linux only	Deliberately not a full development environment Built for Linux desktops using GTK
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-only	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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