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Zed vs Textadept: catalog facts
Zed	Textadept
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.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
GPU-rendered and written in Rust, so it stays responsive under load Real-time collaborative editing and a shared terminal	Portable executables with no installation Graphical and terminal interfaces
A much smaller extension ecosystem than VS Code Windows support arrived late and is still the least mature build	Extending it well means learning its Lua API Smaller extension ecosystem than mainstream editors
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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