Capability · Framework — agents

Zed AI

Zed is a Rust-based collaborative code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. Zed AI is its first-party assistant panel: multi-model chat (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Ollama), inline edits via `/` commands, and Zed Edit — an agentic mode that can take multi-file actions with diff previews. It's a native experience inside Zed rather than a plug-in, which makes it noticeably faster than VS Code extensions.

Framework facts

Category: agents
Language: Rust
License: GPL-3.0 (editor) / Proprietary (Zed server)
Repository: https://github.com/zed-industries/zed

Install

# macOS / Linux
brew install --cask zed
# or https://zed.dev

Quickstart

// Open Zed → Settings → AI → add your Anthropic / OpenAI key.
// Cmd+? to open the Assistant panel.
// Cmd+I in a buffer to start inline edits.

Alternatives

Cursor — VS Code fork
Continue.dev — OSS extension
Aider — terminal

Frequently asked questions

Is Zed open source?

The editor is GPL-3.0 on GitHub; the Zed AI service and collaboration backend are proprietary. You can self-host local models via Ollama from the UI.

Zed AI or Cursor?

Cursor has a richer agent catalogue and IDE-wide context retrieval; Zed wins on raw UI performance and native collaboration. Both let you bring your own keys.

Sources

Zed AI docs — accessed 2026-04-20
Zed GitHub — accessed 2026-04-20