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Aquamacs Emacs vs Geany

A side-by-side look at Aquamacs Emacs and Geany. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Aquamacs Emacs

Aquamacs Emacs

Development

Aquamacs Emacs is a free open-source text editor and command-line interface for macOS based on GNU Emacs. It has an intuitive, Aqua-inspired graphical user interface while providing advanced text editing features of Emacs.

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Geany

Geany

Development

Geany is a lightweight, fast, and powerful cross-platform text editor. It has support for syntax highlighting for over 150 file types, code folding, auto-completion, symbol lists, etc. Geany is customizable and extensible via plugins.

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