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Zed

GPL-licensed Rust editor whose agent panel can host Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI.

zed.devzed.dev/docs/ai/overviewgithub.com/zed-industries/zed
Overall in coding agents
13of 17 · score 58.1
Data coverage
92%
24 of 26 fields sourced

Best for

  • •Driving Claude Code or Gemini CLI from an editor instead of a terminal
  • •Teams who want a genuinely open-source editor with local-model support

Strong on

  • +Model breadth any provider / router 1/17

Weak on

  • −Headless / CI No 16/17
    Better: Claude Code: Yes
  • −Subagents No 12/16
    Better: Claude Code: Yes
  • −Background agents No 12/16
    Better: Claude Code: Yes
  • −Hooks No 11/14
    Better: Claude Code: Yes

vs Cline

  • •Ahead on Repo indexing: AST / LSP repo map vs agentic grep
  • •Behind on Headless / CI: No vs Yes
  • •Behind on Plan mode: Partial vs Yes

How Zed scores among 17 coding agents24 of 26 fields known

Features8

Surface
standalone editor
13/17
Leader: GitHub Copilot (Agent HQ) · GitHub-native, IDE extension, CLI, web, cloud delegate
zed.dev · 2026-01-15
Default model
None, configure a provider, or sign in for hosted models
· 2026-01-15
Model breadth1st
any provider / router
1/17
zed.dev · 2026-01-15
Repo indexing
AST / LSP repo map
6/16
Leader: Devin · hybrid index + agentic
Plan mode
Partial
10/17
Leader: Claude Code · Yes
Checkpoint & undo1st
Yes
1/16
Headless / CI
No
16/17
Leader: Claude Code · Yes
Local models1st
Yes
1/17
· 2026-01-15

Agentic7

Where it stops
3
7/15
Leader: Claude Code · 4
MCP1st
Yes
1/17
· 2026-01-15
Subagents
No
12/16
Leader: Claude Code · Yes
Hooks
No
11/14
Leader: Claude Code · Yes
Skills / commands
Partial
12/17
Leader: Claude Code · Yes
Background agents
No
12/16
Leader: Claude Code · Yes
Opens PRs
No
10/16
Leader: Claude Code · Yes

Governance & control3

Permissions
granular allowlist
9/17
Leader: Claude Code · allowlist + OS sandbox
BYOK1st
Yes
1/17
· 2026-01-15
Licence
GPL-3.0
10/16
Leader: Codex CLI · Apache-2.0
github.com · 2026-01-15

Pricing3

Pricing model1st
BYOK tokens only
1/16
· 2026-01-15
Entry price1st
$0/seat/mo
1/16
· 2026-01-15
Token markup
No
5/16
Leader: Windsurf · Yes

Traction3

GitHub stars
62,000
4/11
Leader: Claude Code · 155,000
Terminal-Bench
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Bench model
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Positioning1

Positioning
The editor for humans and AI, written in Rust.
zed.dev

Timeline1

First release
2023-03-22

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Sources4

Zed logo & brand colours

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