Zed
A Rust editor from the people who built Atom, written for speed and for two people editing one file.
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About Zed
Zed renders its interface on the GPU and is written in Rust, and the difference shows: keystrokes land without the lag that Electron editors accept as normal. Tree-sitter powers syntax handling and the language server protocol provides completion and diagnostics.
Collaboration is built in rather than bolted on, so several people can edit the same buffer and share a terminal. AI assistance is integrated too, and can be pointed at your own API key or a local model instead of Zed's hosted service.
Strengths
- GPU-rendered and written in Rust, so it stays responsive under load
- Real-time collaborative editing and a shared terminal
- Tree-sitter and language server support out of the box
- AI features can point at your own key or a local model
Limitations
- A much smaller extension ecosystem than VS Code
- Windows support arrived late and is still the least mature build
- Licensing is mixed: mostly GPL 3.0 or later with Apache-2.0 parts
- No remote development story comparable to VS Code's
Details
- Pricing
- Freemium · The editor is free and open source. Zed's hosted AI plans are paid, and you can use your own API key or a local model instead.
- License
- GPL-3.0-or-later
- Developer
- Zed Industries
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Coding in a fast native editor, especially with someone else in the same file
- Categories
- Code and text editors
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus downloads catalog (Editors); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 2 sources on file.
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