Zed Has a Free Code Editor Written in Rust — Faster Than VS Code, Built for AI
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VS Code uses Electron (Chromium + Node.js). Zed is native Rust with GPU rendering. The difference? Everything is instant. What is Zed? Zed is a code editor built from scratch in Rust by the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. It uses GPU acceleration for rendering and is designed for AI-native development with built-in LLM integration. Why Developers Are Trying Zed 1. Native Performance Startup time: VS Code: 2.5s Zed: 0.15s Large file (100K lines): VS