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Pulsar vs Gram: catalog facts
Pulsar	Gram
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux	macOS, Linux
It revives the Atom package ecosystem with its own package registry, so the hackable editor and its plugins…	No AI, telemetry or subscriptions Built-in language support with no setup needed
It is still Electron-based and inherits Atom's memory use and startup time, with a much smaller maintainer team.	No Windows build Small team, described by its author as a work in progress
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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