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Quality

Completeness

Best for

Zed is the fastest code editor, built in Rust with GPU acceleration.

Strengths

Blazing performance (58ms vs 97ms VS Code, ~73MB RAM)
Native real-time collaboration with voice chat
AI flexibility (hosted, BYOK, or local Ollama)
Zeta open-source edit prediction
Open source, no vendor lock-in
GPU-accelerated rendering

Weaknesses

No design/visual features (pure code editor)
Relatively new
Extension ecosystem smaller than VS Code
Windows still in beta
AI features launched late (Aug 2024)

Latest Updates

Jan 28, 2026

Download Zed and view the full changelog here: zed.dev/releases/stable x.com

Jan 28, 2026

Build Dev Containers from scratch in Zed (command palette > `projects: initialize dev container`) + Podmand support (via `use_podman` setting). Thanks KyleBarton! x.com

Jan 28, 2026

Zed (@zeddotdev) on X x.com

Jan 28, 2026

The ACP Registry is live in today's Zed release Register your agent once, and it will be available to every ACP-compatible client. Adopting ACP has never been easier! Thank you to @jetbrains for pushing forward the registry specification 🙏 x.com

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