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]

Original authorEnrico Tröger

DeveloperGeany authors

Initial releaseOctober 19, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-10-19)

Stable release

2.1.0^[1]  / 6 July 2025

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Geany
Original author	Enrico Tröger
Developer	Geany authors
Initial release	October 19, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-10-19)
Stable release	2.1.0[1]  / 6 July 2025
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	www.geany.org
Repository	github.com/geany/geany

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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 on GTK+ 3.22.^[11] Version 1.36 is based on GTK+ 3.24.14.^[12] Version 1.37.1 is the last version with GTK+ 2.24 support.^[13]