What is Geany?
Geany is a small and lightweight Integrated Development Environment. It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies from other packages. Another goal was to be as independent as possible from a special Desktop Environment like KDE or GNOME - Geany only requires the GTK2 runtime libraries.
Geany is a tool in the Build Automation category of a tech stack.
Key Features
syntax highlightingcode completionauto completion of often used constructs like if, for and whileauto completion of XML and HTML tagscall tipsfoldingmany supported filetypes like C, Java, PHP, HTML, Python, Perl, Pascalsymbol listsembedded terminal emulationextensibility through plugins
Geany Pros & Cons
Pros of Geany
- ✓Lightweight
- ✓Open-source
- ✓Plug-ins
- ✓Extensive file-type support
- ✓Easily changeable
Cons of Geany
- ✗Less pupular than VS
Geany Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Geany?
Visual Studio
Visual Studio is a suite of component-based software development tools and other technologies for building powerful, high-performance applications.
IntelliJ IDEA
Out of the box, IntelliJ IDEA provides a comprehensive feature set including tools and integrations with the most important modern technologies and frameworks for enterprise and web development with Java, Scala, Groovy and other languages.
PyCharm
PyCharm’s smart code editor provides first-class support for Python, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, TypeScript, CSS, popular template languages and more. Take advantage of language-aware code completion, error detection, and on-the-fly code fixes!
