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Geany vs jEdit: catalog facts
Geany	jEdit
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 2.0.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Starts almost instantly and uses very little memory Depends only on GTK, so it installs cleanly on minimal Linux systems	Hundreds of plugins installable from within the editor Built-in macro language
No language server support in the core, so completion is simpler than a modern IDE's Debugging needs a plugin and is basic	Requires a Java runtime Interface looks dated next to newer editors
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: GPL-2.0
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 September 23, 2026

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