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Bluefish Editor vs Geany

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

Bluefish Editor

Bluefish Editor

Development

Bluefish Editor is a free, open source text editor aimed primarily at programmers and webdevelopers. It has support for many programming languages and markup languages, and has many features useful for coding like syntax highlighting, code folding and snippets.

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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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