Geany

Geany (/dʒiːni/^[4] JEE-NEE) is a free and open-source lightweight GUI text editor^[5] using Scintilla and GTK, including basic IDE features. It is designed to have short load times, with limited dependency on separate packages or external libraries on Linux. It has been ported to a wide range of operating systems, such as BSD, Linux, macOS,^[6] Solaris and Windows. The Windows port lacks an embedded terminal window; also missing from the Windows version are the external development tools present under Unix, unless installed separately by the user.^[7] Among the supported programming languages and markup languages are C, C++, C#, Ada, Java, JavaScript, PHP, HTML, LaTeX, CSS, Python, Perl, Ruby, Pascal, Haskell, Erlang, Vala and many others.^[8]

Geany

Original author(s)	Enrico Tröger
Developer(s)	Geany authors
Initial release	October 19, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-10-19)
Stable release	2.0.0[1]  / 19 October 2023
Repository	github.com/geany/geany
Written in	C, C++[2]
Operating system	Linux macOS Windows
Size	23 MB (Windows) 28 MB (MacOS) 32 MB (Linux)
Type	IDE
License	GPL-2.0-or-later[3]
Website	geany.org

Customized Geany IDE

In contrast to traditional Unix-based editors like Emacs or Vim, Geany more closely resembles programming editors common on Microsoft Windows such as Notepad++, which also uses Scintilla.^[9]

It is free software licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2 or later.^[3] In 2012, the version number was increased to 1.22 from 0.21 to reflect the maturity of the product, as requested by many users.^[10] Geany version 1.29 is based by GTK+ 3.22.^[11] Version 1.36 is based by GTK+ 3.24.14.^[12] Version 1.37.1 is the last version with GTK+ 2.24 support.^[13]

Features

Example C++ program (with output) in Geany

• Auto-completion
• Bookmarks (called markers)
• Multiple document support
• Simple project management
• Syntax highlighting
• Code folding (partially)
• Symbol lists
• Code navigation
• Embedded terminal emulator^[14]
• Build system to compile and execute code using external tools
• Extensible via plugins
• Column / block / vertical select (via Shift + Ctrl + arrow keys)
• User configurable keyboard action to editor function mapping^[15]
• tree-structure-based collapsible file-paths in sidebar ^[16]

Rankings

In 2018, Geany entered the top 10 integrated development environments for Python in The Indian Wire.^[17] In 2021, Geany was named as one of the 12 best Linux text editors in Fossbytes.^[18]

See also

• Free software portal
• Comparison of integrated development environments
• Code::Blocks