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

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