Zed

Written by the team behind Atom and Tree-sitter, Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor. Multiplayer is part of the editor rather than a plugin, so shared editing is not something you bolt on afterwards.

Installation is a direct download or a package from your usual manager, and the same three desktop platforms are supported for building from source. The repository carries per-platform build documentation and a contribution guide for anyone who wants to work on the editor itself.

A few practical details shape what you can expect.

• Desktop platforms: macOS, Linux and Windows, by direct download or local package manager.
• Web: not available yet, with progress tracked in an open discussion.
• Build from source: separate build guides for each supported platform live in the docs directory.
• Licensing: source is GPL-3.0-or-later, with Apache-2.0 components where they are marked as such.
• Dependency licenses: cargo-about checks third party crates automatically, and continuous integration fails when one is unaccounted for.

Zed is developed by Zed Industries, a for-profit company that is hiring. Financial support runs through GitHub Sponsors and goes to the company as general revenue, with no perks or entitlements attached, so sponsoring is a way to fund the work rather than to buy anything.