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Mousepad vs Geany: catalog facts
Mousepad	Geany
Free Free as part of the Xfce project.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Light and quick to start Simple preferences dialog with extra settings through Dconf	Starts almost instantly and uses very little memory Depends only on GTK, so it installs cleanly on minimal Linux systems
Deliberately not a full development environment Built for Linux desktops using GTK	No language server support in the core, so completion is simpler than a modern IDE's Debugging needs a plugin and is basic
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0
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 September 21, 2026

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