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Integrated Development Environment
Geany
Original author Enrico Tröger
Developer Geany authors
ReleaseOctober19, 2005;20 years ago(2005年10月19日)
Stable release
2.1.0[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 6 July 2025
Written inC, 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]
Websitewww.geany.org Edit this at Wikidata
Repository
Customized Geany IDE

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.

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.[7]

However there is discussion about porting the software to GTK4 eventually.[8]

Geany resembles Notepad++ somewhat, which also uses Scintilla.[9]

It is free software licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2 or later.[3]

Version history

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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]

Features

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Example C++ program (with output) in Geany

Reception

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Geany was received positively in articles on Linux.com [18] and German Heise Online [19] 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

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References

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  1. ↑ "Release Geany 2.1 · geany/geany" . Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "geany/geany: A fast and lightweight IDE". GitHub. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 2016年07月11日.
  3. 1 2 "geany/README at master · geany/geany · GitHub". github.com/geany/geany. Archived from the original on 2021年06月22日. Retrieved 2021年06月22日.
  4. ↑ "Geany's FAQ: How do you pronounce Geany?".
  5. ↑ "Fast, powerful Geany editor offers IDE features". Linux.com. Archived from the original on 2009年02月08日. Retrieved 2014年02月03日.
  6. ↑ "geany.darwinports.com". geany.darwinports.com. Archived from the original on 2010年02月16日. Retrieved 2014年02月03日.
  7. ↑ geany. "can't paste from xwayland apps in wayland · Issue #2079 · geany/geany". GitHub. Retrieved 2026年08月03日.
  8. ↑ geany. "Geany 4.0, the GTK4 edition (and more) · geany geany · Discussion #3675". GitHub. Retrieved 2026年08月03日.
  9. ↑ "Notepad++ and Scintilla". Archived from the original on 2019年02月19日. Retrieved 2019年02月18日.
  10. ↑ "Geany news archive". 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.
  11. ↑ "Geany 1.29 is Released with Improved GTK 3.22 Support". 15 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "Release Notes | Geany".
  13. ↑ "Geany-gtk2 Download (TXZ)". Archived from the original on 2021年09月10日. Retrieved 2021年04月02日.
  14. ↑ "Freelancer's Playground! | Using Geany's VTE". bayu.freelancer.web.id. 2008年08月26日. Archived from the original on 2011年09月10日. Retrieved 2014年02月03日.
  15. ↑ "Geany".
  16. ↑ Sourav Rudra (20 October 2023). "Geany 2.0 Release Makes it a More Versatile Text Editor and IDE". itsfoss.com.
  17. ↑ "Supported Filetypes". Geany. Retrieved 2020年01月01日.
  18. ↑ "Fast, powerful Geany editor offers IDE features". Linux.com. 2008年07月09日. Retrieved 2026年08月03日.
  19. ↑ online, heise (2012年10月17日). "Toolbox: Geany für Code und Text". c't Magazin (in German). Retrieved 2026年08月03日. 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) [Conclusion: A Little Genius for Source Code ... The robust Scintilla codebase has not seen any major advancements in years and does not support right-to-left languages. However, when working with Western scripts and program code, the editor’s issues are hardly noticeable. (lmd)]
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