# geany/geany

A fast and lightweight IDE

Repository: https://github.com/geany/geany
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/geany
Homepage: https://www.geany.org
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: geany, ide, text-editor
Last push: 2026-08-03T21:34:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5444, "days_push": 30, "days_rel": 423, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3700, forks 669 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:14.928998+00:00)

## What it is
Geany is a fast, lightweight IDE and programmer's text editor built on GTK3, with syntax highlighting, code folding, autocompletion, a build system, and a plugin interface. It supports 50+ programming languages, runs on Linux, Windows, macOS, and BSD, and is translated into over 40 languages.

## Use cases
- lightweight ide for low-resource machines
- fast text editor for writing code
- syntax highlighting for many programming languages
- simple ide to compile and run code
- cross-platform code editor for linux windows and mac
- extensible editor with plugins
- small ide with quick startup

## When to choose
- you want a fast, small IDE with minimal dependencies
- you need a GUI editor that runs on Linux, Windows, macOS, or BSD
- you want built-in support for many filetypes without heavy configuration
- you prefer a stable, GPL-licensed editor with a plugin ecosystem

## When to avoid
- you need full Vim or Emacs emulation (only partial via a plugin)
- you need advanced IDE features like heavy refactoring or deep debugging
- you need full feature parity on Windows, where the port lacks some features

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: editor, gui, plugin-system
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: ide, lightweight, gtk, syntax-highlighting, code-editor, c, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- geany/geany (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:14.928998+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:31:02.741529+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/geany/geany (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:14.928998+00:00, sha 2b7814d3fca2)
  - homepage: https://www.geany.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:24:46.915552+00:00, sha cea41d924623)
  - site_page: https://www.geany.org/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T09:24:46.933510+00:00, sha 4a71bffcb714)
  - site_page: https://www.geany.org/documentation/manual (fetched 2026-08-29T09:24:46.935263+00:00, sha a700264749c1)
  - site_page: https://www.geany.org/documentation/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T09:24:46.937453+00:00, sha c4c264e12c14)
  - site_page: https://www.geany.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:24:46.924733+00:00, sha 97b8bb6a61d8)
  - site_page: https://www.geany.org/about/geany (fetched 2026-08-29T09:24:46.926726+00:00, sha 0bf180131fb5)
  - site_page: https://www.geany.org/about/donate (fetched 2026-08-29T09:24:46.928657+00:00, sha 577cc3d97b31)
  - site_page: https://www.geany.org/about/events (fetched 2026-08-29T09:24:46.930274+00:00, sha 597ac41cf078)
  - site_page: https://www.geany.org/download/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T09:24:46.931848+00:00, sha cbb6eb9e41e9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.