Geany is a small and lightweight integrated development environment.

The basic features of Geany are:
- syntax highlighting
- code completion
- auto completion of constructs like if, for and while, XML and HTML
- call tips
- many supported filetypes like C, Java, PHP, HTML, Python, Perl, Pascal
- symbol lists
- embedded terminal emulation

An object-oriented dialect of the BASIC language, complemented by an integrated development environment and running on GNU/Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems.

It is a tool similar to Visual Basic in terms of developing Basic programs.

Gambas was conceived as an alternative for Microsoft Visual Basic developers who decided to switch to GNU/Linux