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Geany for Mac

A fast and lightweight IDE.

Free
In English
Version 1.38
5.0
Based on 1 user rate

Geany overview

Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow. It runs on Linux, Windows and MacOS is translated into over 40 languages, and has built-in support for more than 50 programming languages.

Basic features:
  • Syntax highlighting
  • Code completion
  • Auto completion of often used constructs like if, for and while
  • Auto completion of XML and HTML tags
  • Call tips
  • Folding
  • Many supported filetypes like C, Java, PHP, HTML, Python, Perl, Pascal
  • Symbol lists
  • Embedded terminal emulation
  • Extensibility through plugins

Note: While the software is classified as free, it is actually donationware. Please consider making a donation to help support development.

What’s new in version 1.38

Version 1.38:
General:
  • Increase speed when opening documents, especially on startup
  • Synchronize Geany's Ctags implementation with Universal Ctags, this leads to updated symbol parsers
  • Remove GTK+2 Support
  • Geany needs a C++17 compiler to build
Bug fixes:
  • Workaround crashes when pasting into VTE without having focus
Interface:
  • Add keybinding to reload all open documents
  • Filetypes:
  • Add Julia filetype
  • Add Meson filetype
Plugins:
  • SaveActions: add configurable target directory for instantly saved files
Windows:
  • Fix message window height after restart
  • Switch Windows builds to GTK3 and x86_64
Internationalization:
  • Updated translations: da, de, el, es, et, fr, it, ja, nl pt, pt BR, sk, tr, uk, zh_CN

Geany for Mac

Free
In English
Version 1.38
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5.0

(1 Reviews of Geany)

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IP-Geek
IP-Geek
Dec 2 2024
1.38
5.0
Dec 2 2024
5.0
Version: 1.38
A simple text editor without any unnecessary frills but will all the useful tools.
IP-Geek
IP-Geek
Dec 2 2024
1.38
5.0
Dec 2 2024
5.0
Version: 1.38