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Zed

Zed

High-performance multiplayer code editor

Zed is a code editor built from scratch in Rust for speed. Real-time collaboration, AI assistant, and minimal design. From the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

Panel Reviews

The Builder

The Builder

Developer Perspective

Ship

Fastest editor I've ever used. Native performance, real-time collab, and the AI integration is well-designed.

The Skeptic

The Skeptic

Reality Check

Skip

Fast but the extension ecosystem is small compared to VS Code. You'll miss plugins you depend on.

The Futurist

The Futurist

Big Picture

Ship

The next-gen editor built for AI and collaboration. Rust performance advantage over Electron is real.

Community Sentiment

Overall2,817 mentions
70% positive19% neutral11% negative
Hacker News587 mentions

Zed startup time makes VSCode feel like booting Windows Vista — the Rust-native rendering is visibly different

Reddit843 mentions

Switched from Neovim to Zed and haven't looked back — the collaborative editing actually works unlike VS Code Live Share

Twitter/X1120 mentions

Zed's AI integration feels native not bolted on. The context-aware completions are better than Copilot in practice

Product Hunt267 mentions

Finally a code editor built for 2024 — the performance alone justifies the switch from VSCode