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Geany vs Microsoft Edit

Geany

geany.org

Microsoft Edit

github.com

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FigureGeanyMicrosoft Edit
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open sourceYes—
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
Plans published11
Spec score · Text Editors8.7 (#9)7.8 (#58)
Extension supportYesNo
Free planYesYes
Supported platformsWindows,macOS,LinuxWindows,macOS,Linux

Plans

Geany

  • GeanyFree

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Microsoft Edit

  • Microsoft EditFree

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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.

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Microsoft Edit

Microsoft Edit has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.

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