| Vim | Geany | |
|---|---|---|
| 435 | 93 | |
| 38,112 | 3,269 | |
| 0.7% | 1.1% | |
| 9.9 | 9.4 | |
| 8 days ago | 4 days ago | |
| Vim Script | C | |
| Vim License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Vim
Posts with mentions or reviews of Vim.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-03-15.
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VIM is gem!!
Official site of VIM VIM git repo Here you can download Or refer some YouTube videos
- GNU Readline: Uma experiência Shell mais agradável no seu terminal
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Development Environment Configuration
Editors: Helix, NeoVim, Vim, Visual Studio Code
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How to Get Started with Bash Scripting for Automation
Use a text editor: nano, vim, or graphical editors like VSCode with Bash extensions.
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What I've Learned About My Editing Skills
A friend showed me a cool editor named vim and some tricks he did with text on it.
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How to start using Vim
Vim and Neovim
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Visual Studio vs. Visual Studio Code: An In-depth Comparison
Whereas Visual Studio Code is a text editor whose functionality and performance is aided by extensions. Some of the other notable text editors like Visual Studio Code include Atom, Sublime Text, Vim and Notepad++.
- Robert Elder's Guide to GNU Coreutils
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Kivy – a cross platform Python UI framework
Kivy led to one of my first open source contributions in 2014. I submitted Kivy file support to Vim. It was done via patch diffs over email with Bram Moolenaar. It's still in Vim today[1].
RIP Bram.
[1]: https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/runtime/syntax/kivy.v...
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User and groups creation automation in linux
Editor (Vim, Vi, Nano, VSCode). I will be using Vim as the editor of choice; here is a link to learn more about Vim.
Geany
Posts with mentions or reviews of Geany.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-12-26.
- 5 Free Open-Source Tools to Make Your Web Development Easier
- Creando un Tetris con JavaScript
- NotepadNext – a cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++
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Beginner!
You might want to at least use a code editor with syntax highlighting so that it gets a little easier to read the code. Personally I use Geany but there are many other ones you can use.
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Geany 2.0 Is Out
right on the main page, there is a screenshot. If you click it, it takes you to more screenshots.
Open https://www.geany.org/ in a web browser like chrome or firefox
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I need some help with IDEs
Check out Geany. It is free, open source, cross platform, and lightweight. It has support for dozens of coding languages. LINK: https://www.geany.org/
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Show HN: CodePerfect, a fast, lightweight IDE for Go
I still enjoy Geany. It is lacking certain features I could do with, but it's joyful to use something that light: https://www.geany.org/
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What’s an free bare bones IDE for Python that works smoothly out of the box?
When I installed my IDE I just wanted something lightweight, so I went with Geany. I've been using it for years without trouble.
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Python IDE suggestions
I would say, try out geany: https://www.geany.org/
- Learning linux to learn coding? (and if so, which version for Mac M1)
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Vim and Geany you can also consider the following projects:
KDevelop - Cross-platform IDE for C, C++, Python, QML/JavaScript and PHP
thonny - Python IDE for beginners
Visual Studio Code - Visual Studio Code
GNU Emacs - Mirror of GNU Emacs