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Janus

Janus is a text editor, available on Linux.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

At a glance

Janus is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Janus is a simple, native linux text editor. Supports UTF-8 and binary data through its fallback binary editing mode. Spiritual successor to leafpad. Intended to be as small and efficient as possible, trading features for a smaller impact on cpu. Features include: Undo/redo Similar keybinds to other text editors (e.g. leafpad) Spanish/French/German Translations Printing capabilities Optional syntax highlighting Fallback binary editing GVFS connectivity

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 8 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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