Zed

The Fastest AI Code Editor

5.0•40 reviews•

1.3K followers

The Fastest AI Code Editor

5.0•40 reviews•

1.3K followers

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Zed is a next-generation code editor designed for high-performance collaboration with humans and AI.

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Zed Launches

Zed 1.0High-performance, open source, multiplayer code editor

Launched on May 1st, 2026

Zed for WindowsUltra‑native Windows editor with WSL, extensions, and AI

Launched on October 17th, 2025

Zed Agentic EditingThe IDE scratch-built in Rust, now with 100% more agents

Launched on May 7th, 2025

ZetaZed's open source edit prediction model

Launched on February 18th, 2025

Zed AICode with LLMs

Launched on August 22nd, 2024

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5.0

Based on 40 reviews

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Reviewers see Zed as a notably fast, lean editor that opens quickly, stays responsive on older machines and large files, and avoids the bloat they associate with VS Code or other Electron tools. They also praise its clean UI, built-in collaboration, and solid AI features, with some saying its edit suggestions beat Copilot for parts of their workflow. The main caveat is breadth: users repeatedly note a lighter extension ecosystem, and a founder from Product Hunt reports slower Python LSP and incomplete Vim bindings.

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Pros

fast performance (15)

clean interface (4)

collaboration features (4)

not bloated (3)

cross-language support (2)

lightweight (2)

minimal design (2)

Cons

limited extensions (2)

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•1 review

I didn't realize how fast editors could be until I tried Zed. The extensions are not quite as comprehensive as the VSCode family but still covers most of my use cases. Just from those 2 things I think its worth 5 stars. The AI integration for suggested edits and "vibe coding" i think is better than Copilot, but not quite as good as Cursor/Windsurf. I also like everything they are doing with Open source

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14 views7mo ago

used Zed to build DockFix 3.0

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Zed is fast, efficient, modern, and sleek. I love using Zed for developing many of my applications, regardless of the language, as it is so fast and clean, and its intelligent autocomplete feels superb. It's definitely one of the better editors out there. The only thing keeping me from using this as my only code editor is the powerful features of JetBrains editors.

What's great

fast performance (15)clean interface (4)AI autocomplete (1)cross-language support (2)

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•1 review

I've used Zed for almost a year now. It's head and shoulders better than any other editor on the market as far as speed, responsiveness, and simplicity of UX. It's clear that the Zed team thought about the editor from first principles rather than tacking on a lot of random "features." I even write blog posts in Zed.

What's great

fast performance (15)not bloated (3)

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