Geany

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Runs on Linux, Mac, Windows.

Geany is ranked #20 of 82 in text editors on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

Geany plans and pricing

Geany Free GNU General Public License version 2 or later · downloadable software github.com · 4 Oct 2026

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Supported platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Multi-cursor editing: No
Macro recording: Yes
Column editing: Yes
Product: Geany describes itself as a small and lightweight integrated development environment.
Editing features: Its listed features include syntax highlighting, code completion, call tips, and code folding.
File types: The project lists support for file types including C, Java, PHP, HTML, Python, Perl, and Pascal.
Terminal: The feature list includes embedded terminal emulation.
Plugins: Geany can be extended through plugins.
Linux packages: The project recommends distribution packages for Linux, BSD, and similar systems, and names Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu among distributions with packages.
Windows and macOS: The project says prebuilt binary packages for Mac OS and Windows are available from geany.org.
Additional packages: Geany’s third-party packages page lists packages for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Gentoo, openSUSE, Arch Linux, and BSD variants.
Portable version: The third-party packages page links to a portable Windows version that can be carried on a USB stick.
Licensing: The project says Geany is distributed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.
Price from: Free

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