Zed is a next-generation code editor, an alternative to Cursor, built for high-performance, collaborative coding with humans and AI. Created by the co-creators of Atom and Tree-sitter, Zed aims to provide a coding experience at the speed of thought.
Key features include:
- Agentic Editing: Native support for AI-assisted coding, enabling collaboration between developers and AI agents.
- Multiplayer Collaboration: Real-time, low-latency collaborative coding with features like shared screens, notes, and project sharing.
- Native Git Support: Built-in Git integration for staging, committing, branching, and resolving merge conflicts.
- Edit Prediction: AI-powered code completion that anticipates your next move.
- Multi-language Support: Support for various languages through Tree-sitter, WebAssembly, and Language Server Protocol (LSP).
- Remote Development: Ability to run the Zed UI locally while the codebase resides on a remote server.
- Interactive Programming: Inline code evaluation and interaction via Jupyter runtimes.
- Vim-Friendly Modal Editing: Vim keybindings and modal editing support.
- Customizable Extensions: Growing ecosystem of extensions for broadening language support and themes.
