Zed Editor Alternatives

Zed Editor is described as 'Blazing fast, collaborative code editor with real-time multi-user support, built-in Vim mode, language-aware syntax trees, integrated terminal, and multi-buffers' and is a very popular Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Zed Editor for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Zed Editor alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Zed Editor are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Sublime Text and Vim.

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Zed Editor alternatives are mainly Code Editors, but if you're looking for Text Editors or IDEs you can filter on that. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Zed Editor.
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  1. Sidekick CLI icon
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    Sidekick is an agentic CLI-based AI tool inspired by Claude Code, Copilot, Windsurf and Cursor. It's meant to be an open source alternative to these tools, providing a similar experience but with the flexibility of using different LLM providers while keeping the agentic...

    49 Sidekick CLI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Python
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  2. Liri Text icon
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    Material Design text editor.

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    • Linux
    • Qt
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  3. The uncompromising Python code formatter.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. A lightweight, minimal and powerful code editor. This editor has many features. Some of them are:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Stubs icon
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    Stubs takes your coding tasks, looks up the context within your repo, and produces a diff that you can approve. It's the quickest way to do tasks on an existing repo with AI. It can handle multi-file edits and large files.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  6. ecode icon
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    Lightweight multi-platform code editor with hardware-accelerated GUI, customizable minimalist interface, syntax highlighting for 50+ languages, terminal and LSP support, plugin extensibility, unlimited editor splits, persistent project state, and portable, ad-free use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
    • FreeBSD
     
  7. PearAI icon
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    PearAI acts as an inventory that curates the leading, cutting-edge AI tools in one place. Effortlessly use the best AI tools without having to waste effort looking for alternatives.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. GNOME Text Editor is a simple text editor focused on a pleasing default experience.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile
     
  9. Ollie IDE icon
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    Ollie is a sovereign creative suite designed for developers, writers, and creators who want the power of AI without sacrificing privacy or paying monthly subscriptions. It is a unified engine that runs local AI models entirely offline on your own hardware, ensuring complete data...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. dte icon
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    A small and easy to use console text editor.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Termux
    • Android
     
  11. OpenGravity icon
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    An experimental, lightweight, BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) recreation of the Google Antigravity UI. OpenGravity provides a browser-based, reasoning-enabled IDE with a live xterm.js terminal powered by the WebContainer API.

    51 OpenGravity alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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