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Geany vs Textadept: catalog facts
Geany	Textadept
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Starts almost instantly and uses very little memory Depends only on GTK, so it installs cleanly on minimal Linux systems	Portable executables with no installation Graphical and terminal interfaces
No language server support in the core, so completion is simpler than a modern IDE's Debugging needs a plugin and is basic	Extending it well means learning its Lua API Smaller extension ecosystem than mainstream editors
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License not stated
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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