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Zed

Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

Zed is an open-source code editors project on GitHub under a license set out in its repository, with 93k stars. It is built with Rust, CPython, sqlx and Tokio. Its last push was today.

Stars
93k
License
See repository
Activity
Active
Latest release
v1.27.0

Code on GitHub Website

Judgement

What it is
Developer tool
What it does
A code editor written in Rust with GPU rendering, real-time collaboration, built-in AI agent features and LSP support, for macOS, Linux and Windows.
Adopt it when
You want a fast native editor with collaborative editing and integrated AI assistance and can manage without some VS Code extensions.
Watch out
Its extension ecosystem is much smaller than VS Code's, and the paid AI features and company backing shape its direction.
Ready for
Production-ready
Runs as
Desktop app
Built with
Rust, GPUI and tree-sitter
How established
Established: started 5 years ago, latest release v1.27.0.
What the license allows
GitHub could not read the license. Check it in the repository before reusing any code.

Judged on 2026-11-06 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

RustCPythonsqlxTokio

Follow it down: Zed → Rust → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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