Zed

At a glance

What Zed does

Vim mode, Multi-cursor, AI inline, CRDT collab, GPU rendering

Best for

Blazing-fast collaborative editing with built-in AI

Works well with

Conflicts & caveats

• GitHub Copilot does not officially support Zed.
• Continue.dev only supports VS Code and JetBrains — your IDE is Zed.
• Codeium does not officially support Zed — use VS Code, JetBrains, Vim, or Neovim.
• Cursor built-in only runs inside the Cursor editor — your IDE is Zed.
• Cline only supports VS Code and JetBrains IDEs — your IDE is Zed.
• Windsurf Cascade only runs inside Windsurf — your IDE is Zed.
• Sourcegraph Cody does not officially support Zed — use VS Code, JetBrains, or Visual Studio.
• Tabnine does not officially support Zed.
• Amazon Q Developer does not officially support Zed — use VS Code or JetBrains.
• JetBrains AI Assistant only runs inside JetBrains IDEs — your IDE is Zed.
• Qodo officially supports VS Code and JetBrains — your IDE is Zed.
• Roo Code runs as a VS Code-compatible extension — your IDE is Zed.
• Kilo Code runs as a VS Code-compatible extension — your IDE is Zed.
• Augment Code officially supports VS Code, JetBrains, Vim, and Neovim — your IDE is Zed.
• Amp (Sourcegraph) officially supports VS Code and JetBrains — your IDE is Zed. Use the CLI version otherwise.
• Sourcegraph Cody (Enterprise) supports VS Code, JetBrains, and Visual Studio — your IDE is Zed.
• Cursor CLI works in any terminal but needs an active Cursor subscription — your IDE is Zed, which is fine but the cost is tied to Cursor.
• @codebase indexing is a Cursor-only feature, but your IDE is Zed.
• Cursor Background Agents are dispatched from Cursor (desktop or mobile) — your IDE is Zed.