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Zed

Blazing-fast Rust code editor with deeply integrated AI agents and real-time collaboration.

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About

Zed is the code editor from Zed Industries, founded by Nathan Sobo — the same person behind Atom. Written in Rust with a custom GPU-accelerated UI, it is built around one idea: the editor should never make you wait. Startup is instant, typing latency is measured in single-digit milliseconds, and it stays fast on codebases that make Electron-based editors wheeze.

The AI story is not bolted on. Zed has an agent panel where coding agents work directly in your editor with full context of your project, inline assists for targeted edits, and support for frontier models through provider integrations. It also carries forward the multiplayer DNA from Atom's Teletype: real-time collaboration with shared cursors is built in. The editor is GPL-3.0 licensed and open source, with over 90k GitHub stars making it one of the most-watched developer tools of the last few years.

What it can do

  • GPU-accelerated Rust editor with minimal latency
  • Agent panel with full project context
  • Inline AI assists for targeted edits
  • Real-time multiplayer collaboration
  • Vim mode, themes, and extensive keymap customization
  • LSP, tree-sitter, and extension ecosystem

Setup

  1. Download from zed.dev for macOS or Linux (or install via package manager).
  2. Open a project folder.
  3. Configure an AI provider key in settings for the agent panel.
  4. Open the agent panel (or use inline assist) to start coding with AI.

Prerequisites

macOS or Linux; an AI provider API key for agent features.

Use cases

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Works with

Generic API

Trust score — 9/10

/10 trustVerified

Repo zed-industries/zed verified (91.8k stars), GPL-3.0 confirmed in LICENSE-GPL, zed.dev and zed.dev/docs both return 200. Rust/GPU architecture, agent panel, and multiplayer confirmed via official docs. Performance claims are provider-claimed but widely corroborated.

★ 91,800 GitHub stars

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