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Parchment vs Janus: catalog facts
Parchment	Janus
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-only licence.
Linux	Linux
Minimal, distraction-free design Touch screen support	Small and light on CPU Fallback binary editing mode
Deliberately few features compared with full code editors Font set through system settings rather than in the app	Deliberately minimal feature set Linux only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: GPL-3.0-only
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 October 1, 2026

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