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Geany vs Pragtical: catalog facts
Geany	Pragtical
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free and open source.
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	Small and fast Extensible through Lua plugins
No language server support in the core, so completion is simpler than a modern IDE's Debugging needs a plugin and is basic	Fewer features out of the box than larger IDEs Smaller plugin ecosystem than mainstream editors
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: MIT
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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