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Zed vs Eclipse IDE for Rust Developers: catalog facts
Zed	Eclipse IDE for Rust Developers
Freemium The editor is free and open source. Zed's hosted AI plans are paid, and you can use your…	Free Free and open source under the Eclipse Public License.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows
GPU-rendered and written in Rust, so it stays responsive under load Real-time collaborative editing and a shared terminal	Free and open source Part of the long-running Eclipse IDE family
A much smaller extension ecosystem than VS Code Windows support arrived late and is still the least mature build	The foundation homepage says little about the Rust package itself Full IDE rather than a lightweight editor
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: EPL-1.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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