Geany vs GNU nano
Geany
geany.orgGNU nano
nano-editor.orgSide by side
| Figure | Geany | GNU nano |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Text Editors | 8.7 (#9) | 8.3 (#26) |
| Spec score · Editor Software | 8.6 (#5) | 8.2 (#13) |
| Spec score · Code editors | 8.6 (#8) | 7.8 (#35) |
| Documentation | Official documentation includes a manual, FAQ, release notes, hacking guidance, wiki and plugin API reference. | The project provides an online manual, FAQ, shortcut overview, PDF manual, and man pages. |
| Editing features | Its listed features include syntax highlighting, code completion, call tips, and code folding. | It offers undo and redo, syntax coloring, interactive search and replace, auto-indentation, line numbers, word completion, file locking, backup files, and internationalization support. |
| Extension support | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Macro recording | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The project directs users with build errors to its mailing list or one of the authors. | The project directs usage questions to its help mailing list and bug reports to the Savannah bug tracker. |
| Supported platforms | Windows,macOS,Linux | Linux,Windows,macOS |
Plans
In their own words
Geany
Geany is a free, lightweight integrated development environment for Linux, macOS, and Windows. It provides syntax highlighting, code completion, call tips, and code folding for languages and file types including C, Java, PHP, HTML, Python, Perl, and Pascal. An embedded terminal emulator is included, and plugins can extend the editor. Geany supports macro recording and column editing, but not multi-cursor editing. The project distributes it under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. Linux, BSD, and similar systems are directed toward distribution packages, including packages named for Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu. Prebuilt Windows and macOS binaries are available from geany.org, along with links to additional third-party packages and a portable Windows version. Building from source requires GTK3 libraries and headers, dependency libraries, and C and C++ compilers. Geany has no free trial because the listed plan is free.