Zed
ActiveDescription
High-performance multi-cursor editor with built-in AI and real-time collab.
Key Features
- Extreme perf — Written in Rust, 100ms cold start
- GPU-rendered — Smooth on high-DPI displays
- Built-in AI — Inline completion via Claude / OpenAI
- Multi-cursor — Vim-style efficient editing
- Collab — CRDT-based real-time multi-user editing
Use Cases
💡 Provide a high-perf editor for AI coding workflows.
💡 Replace slow editors in large monorepos.
💡 Provide a low-latency collaboration environment for remote teams.
Strengths & Limitations
✅ Strengths
- • Actively maintained, recent updates
- • High community interest (89.7k stars)
- • Established track record (5 years in production)
⚠️ Limitations
- • No clear open-source license
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Quick Start
# macOS install
brew install --cask zed
# Configure AI: edit ~/.config/zed/settings.json
# { "assistant": { "provider": "anthropic" } }
zed .