- Stars
- 94.6k
- Forks
- 11.6k
- Licence
- GPL-3.0-or-later
- Language
- Rust
- Updated
At a glance
- Custom GPU-accelerated UI framework for low-latency typing
- Real-time collaborative editing built in
- Tree-sitter parsing and language servers out of the box
- Vim mode and an extension system
Get started
macOS and Linux
curl -f https://zed.dev/install.sh | shHomebrew
brew install --cask zedWhat it is
Zed is a code editor from the team behind Atom and Tree-sitter. It is written in Rust on top of GPUI, the team’s own UI framework, which draws the whole interface on the GPU.
Why it stands out
Speed is the headline: startup, typing latency and search are tuned to feel instant. Collaboration is part of the editor rather than a plugin — you can share a project and edit alongside others with their cursors visible. Language intelligence comes from Tree-sitter and standard language servers.
The editor is GPL-licensed, the collaboration server is AGPL, and GPUI is Apache-2.0.
Who it is for
Developers who find Electron-based editors sluggish, and teams that pair-program remotely.
