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Zed

A minimal code editor written in Rust, built for speed and for working with humans and AI.

Zed is a fast, open source code editor written from scratch in Rust, with agentic editing, parallel agents, edit prediction and multiplayer collaboration. Bring your own keys or agents like Claude Agent and Codex over ACP, or use Zed's hosted models. Free forever, Pro at $10/mo.

  • Cheaper
  • Open source
  • IDE
  • Editor
  • ACP

Who it is for

Pick it if

You want a very fast editor with agents you can choose, your own API keys or a cheap hosted plan, and real-time collaboration.

Skip it if

You want a terminal agent, cloud agents or a pull request review flow from the same tool, or SSO for your team today.

At a glance

Category
IDE / Coding Agent
Pricing model
Freemium
Starting price
Free
Plans
3 plans, $10–$30/mo
Free plan
Yes
Billing
Monthly only
Platforms
macOS, Windows, Linux
Website
zed.dev

Feature coverage

4 yes · 0 partial · 2 not offered or not listed

  • Editor + agentYes

    Agentic editing in the editor: delegate work to an agent, follow it live and review the changes

  • Terminal / CLI agentNot listed

  • Parallel or background agentsYes

    Run multiple threads of agents across several projects in parallel

  • PR / code-review flowNot listed

  • Model choiceYes

    Bring Claude Agent, Codex or OpenCode over ACP, use your own keys with Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Ollama and…

  • PlatformsYes

    macOS, Linux and Windows

By the numbers

From the entry paid plan

Entry price

Best: Free (Aider)

Platforms supported

Best: 6 (Claude Code)

Ways to run the agent

Best: 8 (Codex)

Model providers

Best: 12+ (Cline)

Extension points

Best: 6 (Cline)

Pricing at a glance

Official pricing
  • Personal

    $0

  • Pro

    $10/mo

  • Business

    $30 / seat/mo