Zed
Native-fast editor with AI baked into the panel.
Ground Truth verdict
Reviewed by Kamran Arshad. See how we evaluate · Updated 2026-06-05.
- Type
- Coding Tool
- Category
- coding
- Starts at
- Free
- Platforms
- Web
- Launched
- Mar 2023
- Last reviewed
- 2026-06-05
The fastest editor on the market, now with credible AI.
Zed's pitch is speed — it's written in Rust, GPU-accelerated, and renders frames most editors would cry about. AI assistants ship as a first-class panel, not an extension. The only thing holding it back is the extension ecosystem, and that gap is closing.
What Zed actually looks like
Scroll inside the panel to see the full homepage. Live screenshot — updates as the product evolves.
Best for
- Performance obsessives
- Rust / Go engineers
- Real-time pairing
Not for
- Extension-dependent VS Code refugees
Composite of editorial review, hands-on testing, and reader-reported value. Each sub-score is rated 0–5 against Ground Truth's published criteria.
- Overall
- 4.0/5
- Output quality
- 4.0/5
- Utility & features
- 4.0/5
- Usability & UX
- 4.0/5
- Performance & reliability
- 4.0/5
- Cost vs. value
- 4.0/5
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