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Geany

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Geany is a lightweight text editor with basic IDE features.

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Light on resources

Takes up very little HDD space and RAM. Is rarely stressing the CPU.

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Fast and responsive

Opens very fast. Stays responsive even on big files.

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Multi-Platform

Is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

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Very configurable

You can easily change what parts of the main window are shown/hidden. How to deal with spaces and tabs.

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The project management tools are weak

Moving project files from one location to another breaks the project file.

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Some features are missing on other platforms

The Windows version lacks the integrated console window.

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Very configurable

The amount if options can be a bit intimidating. Configuring can take some time.

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Though it's not as beautiful( and cool) as Atom and VSCode, but it's faster.
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