Zed (text editor)

Last updated
Zed
Developer(s) Zed Industries
Initial release ()
Stable release
0.198.6 [1]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 12 August 2025;8 days ago (12 August 2025)
Repository
Written in Rust
Operating system Linux, macOS, closed beta for Windows
Predecessor Atom
Available inEnglish
Type Source-code editor
License AGPL, GPL, Apache License
Website zed.dev   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Zed is a free and open-source text and source-code editor for Linux and macOS developed by Zed Industries. A Windows version is in development. [2]

Contents

Supported features include GPU rendering, Language Server Protocol (LSP), Tree-sitter, a debugger with support for Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP), [3] [4] AI assistance, [5] Model Context Protocol (MCP), Git, multi-buffer editing, [6] remote development [7] and real-time collaborative editing with other Zed users or AI agents. [8] [9]

Hundreds of extensions are available for additional LSP, DAP & MCP servers, themes and other features. [10]

Pricing

The concept of free and open source describes the Zed source code. The functional program is free, but several features are limited in the free model (see - freemium pricing model).

As of 2025, the free version has monthly limits on the number of predictive edits and generative AI queries. [11]

History

After Atom was discontinued in 2022, three key contributors created Zed, announcing it in 2023. In 2024 the project was open-sourced. [12] [13]

In 2025, the project announced they had received $32 million in funding from Sequoia Capital. [14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Release 0.198.6". 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Zed for Windows — Beta Sign Up". Zed. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  3. ↑ "Debugger - Zed". zed.dev. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  4. ↑ "The Debugger". Zed. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  5. ↑ "Zed — Agentic Editing". Zed. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  6. ↑ "Multibuffers - Zed". zed.dev. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  7. ↑ "Remote Development - Zed". zed.dev. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  8. ↑ "Collaboration - Zed". zed.dev. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  9. ↑ "Agent Panel - Zed". zed.dev. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  10. ↑ "Zed — Extensions". Zed. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  11. ↑ "Zed Pricing= https://zed.dev/pricing".{{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  12. ↑ Proven, Liam (15 July 2024). "Fresh programmer's editor on Linux lies Zed ahead". The Register. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  13. ↑ Larabel, Michael (24 January 2024). "Zed Code Editor Now Open-Source". Phoronix. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  14. ↑ Sobo, Nathan (2025-08-20). "Sequoia Backs Zed's Vision for Collaborative Coding - Zed Blog". zed.dev. Archived from the original on 2025-08-20. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
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