Kate VS Geany

Kate Reviews

Geany Reviews

Kate mentions (44)

• JetBrains' unremovable AI assistant meets irresistible outcry

  Have a look at Kate, its not bad and has good support for LSPs https://kate-editor.org. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Multiple Notepad++ Flaws Let Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code

  Maybe there are power features or something which makes Notepad++ better, but for my usage Kate (https://kate-editor.org/) fits the same niche. Fast startup / UI, but it has enough features to technically be an IDE (including an LSP apparently). - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• In you opinion is it better to code the arduino in the arduino language or c++, and do you prefer the arduino IDE or vs code IDE

  The Arduino IDE is quite primitive though, and poorly suited for larger or complex projects - if it starts getting in my way I'll feed my project to kate and a makefile. Source: 11 months ago

• "Why people pirate Microsoft Word" and the problems with everyday software like Microsoft Office being ridiculously expensive.

  Kate - a very powerful, very fearure-rich (including language server support for IDE-quality code completion and analysis and error checking for most mainstream languages) alternative to VS Code (has a very similar layout, git integration, and command pallette) that's much faster and lighter and isn't from Microsoft (it's FLOSS). Source: 12 months ago

• A lightweight editor for rust and python

  Https://kate-editor.org can't understand why it is never mentioned in editor-threads. Source: about 1 year ago

Geany mentions (5)

• Finding the Last Editor

  > One that isn't tied to a specific platform, or preferably even a specific company, and that I trust will still be around until I'm done programming. That is Geany[0]: no opinions, no company affiliations, no editor wars. It has been around forever, works on everything, and is open-source. [0] https://geany.org/. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• Best lua ide?

  I just use Geany for everything, it has a long history and has proven itself to be reliable. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Geany is a fantastic, fast, powerful GUI text editor for many purposes & has a low barrier to entry

  After trying a bunch of GUI text editors in Linux and on the Mac I gotta say that to me, Geany is the best. Source: about 2 years ago

• I know, not exactly Linux.

  Have you tried Geany? It's based on Scintilla, just like Notepad++ is (although that's an implementation detail that you don't really need to know to use either of them), which helps it to feel very similar. Source: about 2 years ago

• Good lightweight IDE for practising?

  Check out Geany. It's lightweight, cross platform, open source, and supports multiple languages. The download is only 20MB or so. I'm not sure about a keyboard shortcut for comments though. Link: https://geany.org/. Source: about 2 years ago