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textadept
Textadept is a fast, minimalist, and remarkably extensible cross-platform text editor for programmers.
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The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives.
Hence, a higher number means a better Geany alternative or higher similarity.
Geany discussion
Geany reviews and mentions
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 2025-06-17.
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Geany VS XediX - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 17 Jun 2025
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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/
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Basic Geany repo stats
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geany/geany is an open source project licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 only which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of Geany is C.
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