Geany

Lightweight IDE that starts instantly

About Geany

Geany is a free, lightweight integrated development environment and text editor that runs on Linux, Windows and macOS with minimal dependencies. It supports many filetypes, code folding, a built-in terminal and compile/build commands, suiting quick development on modest hardware. It suits people who want a dependable tool for this job that stays fast, stays focused and does not demand a long learning process before it becomes useful.

Geany key facts

Category: Developer Tools
Pricing: Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas: ide, lightweight, editor
Official site: geany.org

About the Developer Tools category

Editors, platforms, and services developers rely on to build and ship software. The Developer Tools category on Tools Hub currently lists 738 tools. Alongside Geany, it includes Kate, Lite XL, CudaText, Bluefish.

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Comparing tools in the Developer Tools category? These related listings are worth a look: Kate — Advanced text editor from the KDE community; Lite XL — Tiny extensible editor written in Lua; CudaText — Cross-platform editor with Python plugins.