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Zed Editor

Blazing fast code editor offering real-time multi-user collaboration, language-aware syntax highlighting, integrated terminal, multi-buffers for tab-free editing, built-in Vim mode, searchable outline, AI coding assistance, advanced keyboard commands, and cross-platform support.

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Cost / License

  • Freemium (Subscription)
  • Open Source

Application types

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Flathub
  • Flatpak
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Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Optimal performance
  3.  Support for Themes
  4.  Distraction-free
  5.  AI-Powered
  6.  Keyboard focused
  7.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Syntax Highlighting
  2.  Dark Mode
  3.  Built-in terminal emulation
  4.  Autocompletion
  5.  No registration required
  6.  Works Offline
  7. Git icon  Git Support
  8.  Ad-free
  9.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  10.  Rust
  11.  Multiple Cursors
  12.  Real time collaboration
  13.  Built-in AI Assistant
  14.  Support for MarkDown
  15.  Code Formatting
  16.  Team Collaboration
  17.  Fuzzy Finder
  18.  Command palette
  19.  Refactoring
  20.  Embedded debugger
  21.  File Versioning
  22.  No Tracking
  23.  Full-Text Search

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Comments and Reviews

   
Comment summary: Zed Editor is praised for its speed, modern design, AI integration, and ease of customization. Many users highlight its potential as a strong alternative to VS Code/VSCodium and appreciate features like collaborative editing and open-source development. Some drawbacks include limited language support, lack of UTF-16/code page compatibility, and fewer extensions compared to VS Code. Several users note that Zed is rapidly improving and closing feature gaps.
Top Positive Comment
Juri
0

Super fast on my old Laptop and AI features are not really annoying, like in other IDEs.

Top Negative Comment
mihailfleytman
0

It works fast, has a good vim-like mode, BUT it's a text editor without UTF-16 and other code pages. I did a mistake and associated all text files with ZED, and I cannot open files from Samsung phone. MacOS preinstalled TextEdit can open files with different encodings, it can Windows Notepad, as can VS code, Geany, etc, but can't do Zed

Dylan Hunt
0

Rust, loads instantly. I turn off all the AI features and make it completely offline as a Notepad++ replacement. Like NP++, no need to save - just close and reopen. No nagging.

Hassan Mehmood
0

I like zed for its super fast free text search over the codebase . I tried some other vs code wrappers but more than once they crashed or botched up my memory .

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Andrea
0

Great editor with great performance and AI integration.

It does not have all the features and extensions of VS Code but while it is closing the gap quickly I started to notice that maybe I could live without a specific ext while better configuring my editor.

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Cyon
0

Its fast and the AI features are optional and can be 100% turned of

Good bye VSCode/Chrome

mind3299re_build
-1

best IDE I have ever tried. It starts faster than VScodium on my PC.

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What is Zed Editor?

Zed is a blazing fast, multi-user, productivity-focused text editor. From the creators of Atom icon Atom, Electron icon Electron and Tree-sitter, the editor features built-in Vim mode with tooltips for key-bindings, language-aware syntax tree enabling precise code highlighting and searchable outline, integrated terminal and innovative multi-buffers for fast and efficient editing across files without switching tabs.

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GitHub repository

  •  89,385 Stars
  •  10,307 Forks
  •  3169 Open Issues
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Our users have written 12 comments and reviews about Zed Editor, and it has gotten 149 likes

Zed Editor was added to AlternativeTo by David on and this page was last updated . Zed Editor is sometimes referred to as Zed Code Editor, Zed Editor, Zed.dev, Zed.