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Mousepad vs GNOME Text Editor: catalog facts
Mousepad	GNOME Text Editor
Free Free as part of the Xfce project.	Free Free and open source, part of the GNOME project.
Linux	Linux
Light and quick to start Simple preferences dialog with extra settings through Dconf	Clean interface with sensible defaults Syntax highlighting
Deliberately not a full development environment Built for Linux desktops using GTK	Linux only Few features for larger programming work
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
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 23, 2026

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