zed-industries/zed
Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
Ranks #2 among Backend repositories ranked this week; #26 of 170 repositories with measured growth this week (top 15%).
5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 4 days ago, with 481 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #6 in the weekly ranking the week of Oct 12, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor designed for fast, collaborative coding experiences.
- Built in Rust, it leverages technologies from Atom and Tree-sitter for advanced text editing and syntax parsing.
- Currently supports macOS and Linux with Windows and web versions in development, indicating some platform limitations.
- With over 64,000 stars and 5,000 forks, Zed shows strong community interest and adoption.
- Ideal for developers seeking a modern, collaborative editor with robust performance and real-time multiplayer features.
Should you depend on it?
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License
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From the README
Welcome to Zed, a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
On macOS and Linux you can download Zed directly or install Zed via your local package manager.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+6,045 stars over 90 days across 32 snapshot days; best day +843 on Nov 7.
Forks
11.6K+1.6K
Open issues
3.1K-172
Compared with peers in Backend
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anthropics/skills | 189.6K | +3.3K | 15 | — |
| zed-industries/zed | 94.5K | +2.6K | 65 | 4 days ago |
| NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra | 98.8K | +2.0K | 64 | 17 days ago |
| shiyu-coder/Kronos | 47.4K | +2.0K | 16 | — |
| DuarteSantos8/openGym | 20.4K | +1.8K | 60 | 5 days ago |
| microsoft/VibeVoice | 56.7K | +1.4K | 28 | — |
| Category median | 56.7K | +2.0K | 28 | — |
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