geany ☆

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Description:
Small and lightweight IDE

Type: Cask | Latest Version: 2.1@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: ide text-editor programming gtk lightweight

Install: brew install --cask geany

About:
Geany is a lightweight, fast, and powerful text editor with basic Integrated Development Environment (IDE) features. It supports numerous filetypes and provides essential tools like code folding, auto-completion, and symbol browsing. Its primary value is offering a native, responsive interface without the heavy resource overhead of full-featured IDEs.

Key Features:

Fast native GUI (GTK)
Support for over 50 programming languages
Built-in terminal interaction
Symbol list and code folding
Plugin system for extended functionality

Use Cases:

Quickly editing configuration files and scripts
Developing small to medium-sized software projects
Working on remote servers via SSH where resources are limited

Alternatives:

Visual Studio Code – VS Code offers more advanced features and ecosystem but is significantly heavier and slower to start.
Sublime Text – Sublime Text is faster and more polished, but Geany is fully open-source and free.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 15, 2025 12:16pm	2.1	0	VERSION_BUMP	bb7547e0