Zed

Zed is a code editor written from scratch in Rust by the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. It is built for low input latency and GPU-accelerated rendering to efficiently leverage multiple CPU cores and your GPU. The editor includes multiplayer collaboration, an integrated terminal, language servers, and agentic AI editing capabilities.

• Written in Rust to leverage multiple CPU cores and the GPU for low input latency and GPU-accelerated rendering
• Multiplayer editing allowing teammates to chat, code together, and share screens and projects
• Agentic AI editing to run parallel agents that edit files, navigate code, and run tools at native speed
• Integrated terminal and language server support
• Support for external agent integrations and user-provided API keys
• Open source codebase under GPL and AGPL licenses

Pros

• Delivers high performance through a codebase written from scratch in Rust with GPU-accelerated rendering for minimal input latency
• Enables team collaboration via built-in multiplayer features, shared projects, and team chat
• Provides flexibility in AI usage by supporting both hosted AI models and user-supplied API keys or external agents
• Offers open-source transparency with code available under GPL and AGPL licenses

Cons

• Business tier lacks a current free trial, requiring teams to start on a monthly plan or contact sales
• SSO, SAML, and SCIM features are planned for the Business tier but are not currently available
• Business seats do not bundle a fixed LLM credit allotment, requiring either usage-based billing or external API keys

Zed fits individual developers, open-source contributors, and teams seeking a high-performance code editor with native multiplayer collaboration and flexible AI options. It may be a poor fit for organizations requiring built-in enterprise single sign-on like SAML or SCIM immediately, as those features are still in development.

Zed offers a freemium model with a free Personal plan at $0 forever, which includes 2,000 accepted edit predictions and unlimited use with your own API keys. The Pro plan costs $10 per month and includes unlimited edit predictions, a two-week free trial with $20 of token credits, and $5 of tokens included monthly with usage-based billing beyond that. The Business plan costs $30 per seat, per month and provides organizational controls, data governance, and unified spend visibility without bundled LLM credit allotments, with order forms available at 25 or more seats.

Unlike traditional code editors, Zed is written entirely from scratch in Rust and uses GPU-accelerated rendering explicitly designed for low input latency across multiple CPU cores. It pairs this performance-first architecture with native multiplayer collaboration and deep agentic AI tooling built directly into the core editor experience.