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Parchment vs Mousepad: catalog facts
Parchment	Mousepad
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.	Free Free as part of the Xfce project.
Linux	Linux
Minimal, distraction-free design Touch screen support	Light and quick to start Simple preferences dialog with extra settings through Dconf
Deliberately few features compared with full code editors Font set through system settings rather than in the app	Deliberately not a full development environment Built for Linux desktops using GTK
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	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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