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Geany vs vile

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

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.

lightweightfastcrossplatformsyntax-highlightingcode-foldingautocompletion
vile

vile

Development

Vile is a lightweight text editor for programmers, focused on flexibility and high performance. It has vim-style key bindings and macros, but aims to be small and fast.

vimlightweightfastprogrammerflexible

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