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EdiTidE vs Geany: catalog facts
EdiTidE	Geany
Free Free and open source; code under the LGPL 2.1 or later.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Project browser with regex search across files Embedded Python console and extension support	Starts almost instantly and uses very little memory Depends only on GTK, so it installs cleanly on minimal Linux systems
Code completion, split view and Vim mode are still beta Needs a display at least 1000 pixels wide	No language server support in the core, so completion is simpler than a modern IDE's Debugging needs a plugin and is basic
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: LGPL-2.1-or-later	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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