Audience

Developers searching for a programmer's text editor designed to optimize their workflow

About Geany

Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow. It runs on Linux, Windows and MacOS is translated into over 40 languages, and has built-in support for more than 50 programming languages. One the primary reasons for Geany's existence is that there is a need for a decent, GUI, lightweight, cross-platform, flexible and powerful IDE/editor. Many editors meet one or more of these requirements but fall short on others. Using the GPL v2 license, Geany assures that not only can you customize and hack it, but that everyone benefits from changes the community makes. Many parts of Geany are heavily customizable like color themes (Geany Themes) or adding new filetypes. Furthermore, Geany provides many settings to let you adjust it to your needs and preferences. Many supported filetypes including popular programming languages like C, Java, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, etc.

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Integrations

API:
Yes, Geany offers API access
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Ratings/Reviews - 1 User Review

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 4.0 / 5
design 4.0 / 5
support 3.0 / 5
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Company Information

Geany
Founded: 2021
www.geany.org

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Product Details

Platforms Supported
Windows
Mac
Linux
Training
Documentation
Support
Online

Geany Frequently Asked Questions

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Geany Product Features

Code Editors

Keyboard Shortcuts
Customizable Themes
Multi-Monitor Editing
Syntax Highlighting
API
Code Folding
Column Editing
Formatting / Table Editing
Auto-Complete
Debugging
WYSIWYG

IDE

Code Completion
Compiler
Cross Platform Support
Debugger
Drag and Drop UI
Integrations and Plugins
Multi Language Support
Project Management
Text Editor / Code Editor

Text Editors

Syntax Highlighting
Formatting / Table Editing
Code Folding
WYSIWYG
Column Editing
Multi-Monitor Editing
Auto-Complete
Keyboard Shortcuts
Debugging
API
Customizable Themes

Geany Verified User Reviews

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  • Rainer B.
    CAD Engineer
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User, Administrator, Deployment
    Company Size: 1 - 25
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
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    "Geany text editor"

    Posted 2025-01-30

    Pros: Block editing, macros, plugins, highly configurable.
    once you explore all the capabilities, you may change your editing habits.
    It's for free!

    Cons: Takes a while, to learn all the features, but it's worth it. Actually, I do not miss any editing features for my daily work.

    Overall: It's worth to learn all the features, though it may take a while . I do not miss any editing features for my daily work.

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