Software:Geany

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Geany
Original author(s)Enrico Tröger
Developer(s)Geany authors
Initial releaseOctober 19, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-10-19)
Written inC, C++[1]
Operating systemLinux
macOS
Windows
Size23 MB (Windows)

28 MB (MacOS)

32 MB (Linux)
TypeIDE
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later[2]
Website{{{1}}}
Customized Geany IDE

Geany (/dʒiːni/[3] JEE-NEE) is a free and open-source lightweight GUI text editor[4] 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,[5] Solaris and Windows. The Windows port lacks an embedded terminal window.

On Linux it does not have proper Wayland support as of August 2026 with basic features like the clipboard not working. It does not run as native Wayland app and instead uses XWayland.[6]

However there is discussion about porting the software to GTK4 eventually.[7]

Geany resembles Notepad++ somewhat, which also uses Scintilla.[8]

It is free software licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2 or later.[2]

Version history

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.[9] Geany version 1.29 is based on GTK+ 3.22.[10] Version 1.36 is based on GTK+ 3.24.14.[11] Version 1.37.1 is the last version with GTK+ 2.24 support.[12]

Features

Example C++ program (with output) in Geany

Reception

Geany was received positively in articles on Linux.com[17] and German Heise Online[18] for editing programming code. However the dated Scintilla base has been found unsuitable to normal writing. Scintilla doesn't support proper caret movement between complex graphemes, bidirectional text and other features expected of modern text editors.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "geany/geany: A fast and lightweight IDE". 11 July 2016. https://github.com/geany/geany. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "geany/README at master · geany/geany · GitHub". github.com/geany/geany. https://github.com/geany/geany/blob/master/README. 
  3. ↑ "Geany's FAQ: How do you pronounce Geany?". https://geany.org/documentation/faq/#how-do-you-pronounce-geany. 
  4. ↑ "Fast, powerful Geany editor offers IDE features". Linux.com. http://www.linux.com/feature/139882. 
  5. ↑ "geany.darwinports.com". geany.darwinports.com. http://geany.darwinports.com/. 
  6. ↑ geany. "can't paste from xwayland apps in wayland · Issue #2079 · geany/geany" (in en). https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/2079. 
  7. ↑ geany. "Geany 4.0, the GTK4 edition (and more) · geany geany · Discussion #3675" (in en). https://github.com/geany/geany/discussions/3675. 
  8. ↑ "Notepad++ and Scintilla". http://docs.notepad-plus-plus.org/index.php/Notepad%2B%2B_And_Scintilla. 
  9. ↑ "Geany news archive". https://www.geany.org/news/geany-122-is-out/. "Many users told us our version numbers didn't reflect the maturity of Geany to their eyes, and wished it to be changed to reflect that. So after some discussion we decided to rename this version 1.22 instead of 0.22." 
  10. ↑ "Geany 1.29 is Released with Improved GTK 3.22 Support". 15 November 2016. https://www.debugpoint.com/2016/11/geany-released-with-improved-gtk-3-22-support/. 
  11. ↑ "Release Notes | Geany". https://www.geany.org/documentation/releasenotes/. 
  12. ↑ "Geany-gtk2 Download (TXZ)". https://pkgs.org/download/geany-gtk2. 
  13. ↑ "Freelancer's Playground! | Using Geany's VTE". bayu.freelancer.web.id. 2008-08-26. http://bayu.freelancer.web.id/2008/08/26/using-geany-vte/. 
  14. ↑ "Geany". https://www.geany.org/manual/current/index.html#keybinding-preferences. 
  15. ↑ Sourav Rudra (20 October 2023). "Geany 2.0 Release Makes it a More Versatile Text Editor and IDE". itsfoss.com. https://news.itsfoss.com/geany-2-0/. 
  16. ↑ "Supported Filetypes". Geany. https://www.geany.org/about/filetypes/. 
  17. ↑ "Fast, powerful Geany editor offers IDE features" (in en-US). 2008-07-09. https://www.linux.com/news/fast-powerful-geany-editor-offers-ide-features/. 
  18. ↑ online, heise (2012-10-17). "Toolbox: Geany für Code und Text" (in de). https://www.heise.de/tests/Toolbox-Geany-fuer-Code-und-Text-1728183.html. "Fazit: Kleines Genie für Quelltexte ... Die solide Scintilla-Codebasis hat seit Jahren keine großen Fortschritte gemacht und unterstützt keine Rechts-nach-links-Sprachen. Bei westlicher Schrift und Programmcode fallen die Probleme des Editors aber kaum ins Gewicht. (lmd)" 
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