Zed

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High-performance, multiplayer code editor engineered in Rust with GPU acceleration.

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Overview

Zed is a next-generation code editor built from scratch in Rust by the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. It leverages GPU rendering for instant responsiveness, native Tree-sitter syntax parsing, language server protocol (LSP) support, and real-time multiplayer code sharing.

Key Capabilities

  • Hardware-accelerated typography and frame rendering ensuring zero editor latency
  • Built-in collaborative multiplayer channels with audio and real-time co-editing
  • Deep Language Server Protocol (LSP) and Tree-sitter integration for fast semantic parsing

Ideal Use Cases & Goals

  • “Writing and editing code in a fast, lightweight native desktop environment”
  • “Conducting remote pair programming sessions and live code reviews with teammates”
  • “Navigating massive multi-million-line codebases with sub-millisecond search”

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