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Zed

High-performance, multiplayer code editor written in Rust from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter, built for human-AI collaboration. A GUI editor (peer to Cursor/Windsurf) with agentic editing, parallel agents across projects, an open source edit-prediction model (Zeta2), inline assistant, MCP servers, and pluggable external agents (Claude, Codex, OpenCode) via the Agent Communication Protocol - BYO-key or Zed-hosted models.

Editor is GPL-3.0-or-later; collab server AGPL-3.0; GPUI framework Apache-2.0. Paid Pro ($10/mo, hosted AI) and Business ($30/seat/mo, governance) tiers layer on the OSS editor -> open-core. ~85k stars.

Openness

4 high confidence

4.0

license: GPL-3.0-or-later(editor)+AGPL-3.0(collab-server)+Apache-2.0(GPUI)
source: public
commercial: Zed-Pro/Business(hosted AI)

Fully open editor core under GPL/AGPL; paid hosted-AI and governance tiers make the overall offering open-core.

https://github.com/zed-industries/zed recorded 2026-06-18
Rust, ~85k stars, GPL/AGPL/Apache licensing

Adoption

4 medium confidence

4.0

~85k stars; a widely-used released editor with paid Pro/Business tiers, but no public install count.

https://zed.dev/pricing recorded 2026-06-18
Personal $0 / Pro $10 / Business $30 tiers; released product

Capability

5 high confidence

5.0

Full AI-editor feature set on par with Cursor/Windsurf, model-agnostic.

https://zed.dev recorded 2026-06-18
agentic editing, Zeta2, ACP/MCP, multi-model

Unchanged since 2026-06-18 (last edited, not re-checked)