Zed
High-performance editor with a bring-your-own-model assistant
- Open source
- Coding Assistants
What it is
Zed is a GPU-accelerated editor written in Rust, designed around low input latency and real-time multiplayer editing. Its assistant panel talks to whichever model provider you configure, including local runtimes, and applies edits alongside normal keyboard-driven editing. The editor and its collaboration layer are open source.
Best for
Developers who care about editor latency and want AI assistance without a heavyweight Electron shell.
Where it falls short
Its extension ecosystem is much smaller than VS Code’s, so language and tooling support can be thin for less common stacks.
Characteristics
- editor
- rust
- collaboration
- local-models
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