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Zed
Open-source Rust code editor with a built-in agent panel (Zed Agent) and host for external agents (Claude Agent, Codex, Gemini CLI, etc.) via the Agent Client Protocol it created.
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zed-industries/zed v1.25.3 released 2026-10-23; repo pushed 2026-10-25. (checked 2026-10-25)
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Where it stands apart
- How is the main thing licensed? copyleft or source-available with restrictions (5% of 21 others)
- Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? ACP (Agent Client Protocol) (14% of 21 others)
- Where do you primarily use it? its own editor or desktop app (24% of 21 others)
- Does it use the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) for agent-editor connections? yes, as an editor that hosts ACP agents (5% of 21 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (71% of 21 others)
- How is it mainly sustained? company with a paid product, tier, or ads (71% of 21 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? yes (52% of 21 others)
- Who is it for? developers (95% of 21 others)
- How does finished work usually come back to you? edits in your local working tree while you watch (52% of 21 others)
- Whose models can you use? Pick the first that applies. any provider or endpoint you configure (your own key, custom URL, or local model) (67% of 21 others)
- Is pointing it at a model running on your own machine (e.g. Ollama, LM Studio) a documented setup? yes, documented (67% of 21 others)
- Where do the commands it runs execute by default? on your machine with your user's permissions (86% of 21 others)
- Can users add their own tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers? yes (95% of 21 others)
- Does it read project instructions from AGENTS.md? yes, alongside its own file (52% of 21 others)
- When you first set it up, how do you pay for the models it uses by default? with your own API key or local model (the tool itself is free) (52% of 21 others)
Nearest neighbors
- Crush 82% of 17 shared answers match
- Cline 76% of 17 shared answers match
- Continue 71% of 17 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active v1.25.3 on 2026-10-23. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | stands apart copyleft or source-available with restrictions Editor GPL-3.0 (LICENSE-GPL), some crates Apache-2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE). | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | company with a paid product, tier, or ads Free Personal plan; Pro $10/mo with hosted models; Business $30/seat. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | yes Editor is local; can use local models; collaboration services are optional. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | optional account Docs: signing in is not required for most features. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | developers | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | stands apart ACP (Agent Client Protocol) Zed authored ACP and hosts any ACP agent. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you primarily use it? | stands apart its own editor or desktop app | source 2026-10-25 |
| How does finished work usually come back to you? | edits in your local working tree while you watch Review per hunk in a multi-buffer; optional git worktrees per thread; no vendor-run background agent. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Whose models can you use? Pick the first that applies. | any provider or endpoint you configure (your own key, custom URL, or local model) Zed-hosted models, own API keys, existing subscriptions, gateways, OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible, local. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Is pointing it at a model running on your own machine (e.g. Ollama, LM Studio) a documented setup? | yes, documented Pricing lists Ollama among BYOK providers; LLM providers page links a 'Use a Local Model' guide. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Out of the box, does it ask you before editing files or running shell commands? | asks before edits and before commands Global fallback 'confirm' is the default for permission-gated tools. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Where do the commands it runs execute by default? | on your machine with your user's permissions No sandbox; only hardcoded blocks on recursive deletes of critical dirs. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can users add their own tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers? | yes | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it read project instructions from AGENTS.md? | yes, alongside its own file Reads the first match of .rules, .cursorrules, .windsurfrules, .clinerules, copilot-instructions, AGENT.md, AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, GEMINI.md; .rules is its own and takes priority. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it use the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) for agent-editor connections? | stands apart yes, as an editor that hosts ACP agents Zed created ACP; its own Zed Agent is not offered as an ACP agent to other editors. | source 2026-10-25 |
| When you first set it up, how do you pay for the models it uses by default? | with your own API key or local model (the tool itself is free) Free plan with BYOK or external agents; Pro $10/mo includes $5 tokens, then list price +10%. | source 2026-10-25 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- GitHub · github.com/zed-industries/zed · read 2026-10-25
- GitHub · github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · zed.dev/ · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · zed.dev/docs/ai/agent-panel · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · zed.dev/docs/ai/external-agents · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · zed.dev/docs/ai/instructions · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · zed.dev/docs/ai/llm-providers · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · zed.dev/docs/ai/tool-permissions · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · zed.dev/pricing · read 2026-10-25
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