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Geany vs TextMate

Geany

geany.org

TextMate

macromates.com

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FigureGeanyTextMate
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open sourceYes—
WindowsYes—
macOSYesYes
LinuxYes—
Plans published15
Spec score · Text Editors8.7 (#9)8.4 (#22)
Spec score · Editor Software8.6 (#5)7.9 (#23)
Spec score · Code editors8.6 (#8)8.0 (#27)
Column editingYesYes
Extension supportYesYes
Macro recordingYesYes
Multi-cursor editingNoYes
SupportThe project directs users with build errors to its mailing list or one of the authors.The maker lists email support, a mailing list, and an IRC channel for interactive support or general discussion.
Supported platformsWindows,macOS,Linuxmacos
What it doesGeany is a small, fast integrated development environment and text editor built with GTK and Scintilla.TextMate is an open-source, customizable text editor for macOS with support for many programming languages.

Plans

Geany

  • GeanyFree

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TextMate

  • TextMate 2Free
  • Site license — 100 seatsPrice not published
  • Site license — 30 seatsPrice not published
  • Site license — 50 seatsPrice not published
  • Site license — unlimited seatsPrice not published

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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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TextMate

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