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Zed
Zed Industries
Zed is a native code editor built for speed, with AI edits and an agent. The editor itself is open source; the hosted edit predictions and agent are a separate service. There is a free way to start. Confirm AI pricing on zed.dev.
7.1
Preliminary
Editorial score out of 10. Not a benchmark.
What we tried
Opened a repo in Zed and used an inline edit on one function. The editor is the point; the agent is there but less central than in Cursor.
Scores are preliminary editorial notes from a short hands-on pass. They are not benchmark results, not pass rates, and not for sale. A shared task suite is not published yet, so we do not print speed, cost, or success-rate figures.
Preliminary notes
- Setup8/10
- Editing8/10
- Agent work6/10
- Docs and control7/10
Good fit
- A fast editor with AI as a layer, not the whole product
- People who want the editor source available
Limits
- The hosted agent is not the same thing as the open-source editor
- Extension coverage is thinner than VS Code