What is Zed?
Native editor for real-time pair coding, AI edit predictions and agents on your own keys.
Who is Zed best for?
Zed is best for programmers who want a native code editor with live pair coding and AI they can switch off.
Pair programming
Multiplayer collaboration lets teammates work in the same project together in real time.
Bring-your-own-model setups
The free Personal plan works with your keys for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Ollama, OpenRouter and more, or with agents like Claude Agent and Codex CLI.
Developers who want AI off
Every AI feature can be disabled, leaving a plain code editor that gets weekly releases.
Teams setting AI policy
Business adds org-wide model policies, data sharing controls and one bill across seats, managed from dashboard.zed.dev.
How much does Zed cost?
Zed is free forever with your own API keys or outside agents, Pro costs $10 a month with $5 of hosted model tokens and unlimited edit predictions, and Business is $30 per seat a month.
- Unlimited use with your own API keys
- Works with Claude Agent, Codex CLI and other agents
- Multiplayer collaboration
- Unlimited edit predictions
- $5 of hosted model tokens included
- Extra use at API list price plus 10%
- Org-wide AI model policies
- Data governance and role-based access
- Order forms from 25 seats
Pro starts with a 14-day trial that includes $5 of GPT-6 Luna usage and needs no card. Business has no trial and no minimum seat count; SSO, SAML and SCIM are planned but not available. Full pricing on zed.dev. We checked these prices on .
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Is Zed open source?
Yes. Zed's code is public under the GPL 3.0 or later licence, so you can run it on your own server.
On GitHub
94,841stars
+3,190 (+3.5%) in the last 30 days
- Last commit
- 13 Nov
- Repository age
- 5 years
- Latest release
- 11 Nov
- Licence
- GPL 3.0 or later
- Self-hosted
- Yes
- Repository
- zed-industries/zed
What are the best Zed alternatives?
Zed is an open source alternative to Devin Desktop, Kiro, Cursor and 2 more. Tabby does the same job and is open source too.
Devin DesktopFreeCognition's IDE and command center for Devin and other coding agents, local or in the cloud.
KiroFreeAWS's agentic coding platform across IDE, CLI and web.
CursorFreeThe AI code editor: agents, tab completion and a CLI.
Cursor 2.0FreeCursor's agent-first release: Composer, parallel agents and a built-in browser.
Cursor 2.6FreeCursor's release that adds interactive MCP Apps in agent chats and private team plugin marketplaces.
TabbyOpen SourceCoding assistant you run on your own GPU, with code completion, chat and answers from your repos.
Questions about Zed
What is Zed?
Native editor for real-time pair coding, AI edit predictions and agents on your own keys.
Who is Zed for?
Zed is best for programmers who want a native code editor with live pair coding and AI they can switch off.
Is Zed free?
Yes. Zed has a free Personal plan: unlimited use with your own API keys.
How much does Zed cost?
Zed's paid plans are Pro at $10 per month and Business at $30 per seat per month.
Is Zed open source?
Yes. Zed's code is public under the GPL 3.0 or later licence, so you can run it on your own server.
What are the best Zed alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are Devin Desktop, Kiro, Cursor, Cursor 2.0, Cursor 2.6 and Tabby.
Where can I try Zed?
On its official website, zed.dev.
Can I use Zed without the AI features?
Yes. Zed works as a plain code editor and every AI feature can be switched off. If you want AI later, the free Personal plan runs it on your own API keys or outside agents.
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