Zed team releases version 1.0 of Rust-built editor: Traditional editor and AI tool
The Zed team has released version 1.0 of its Rust-built code editor, marking a milestone in its development with improved stability, new features like bookmarks and Git integration, and support for both traditional coding and AI-assisted development. Developed by former GitHub Atom team members, Zed emphasizes performance through its custom GPU-accelerated UI and use of the Rust programming language. While praised for its speed and the option to disable AI features entirely, Zed currently lags behind VS Code in extension availability.
- ▪Zed version 1.0 is a stable release of the Rust-based code editor developed by former members of GitHub's Atom team.
- ▪The editor supports syntax highlighting and code completions for multiple languages, with optional AI-powered features via its Zeta LLM or external providers.
- ▪Zed includes a 'disable all AI features' option, catering to developers who prefer a traditional coding environment.
- ▪It is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux, with built-in language server support for C, C++, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Markdown, and Python.
- ▪Zed uses a custom GPU-accelerated UI framework called GPUI and is open source under the Apache 2 license on GitHub.
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Devops Zed team releases version 1.0 of Rust-built editor: Traditional editor and AI tool Team wins praise for adding 'disable all AI features' setting for devs who want a code editor to be only a code editor Tim Anderson Thu 30 Apr 2026 // 16:17 UTC The Rust-built Zed editor has reached version 1.0, released yesterday, with development led by former members of the Atom team at GitHub. Zed version 1.0 has been released (click to enlarge) Nathan Sobo, CEO and co-founder of Zed Industries, said that Zed is neither done nor perfect, but has "reached a tipping point where most developers can feel quickly at home." Sobo worked on Atom and Electron - the Chromium-based framework used by both Atom and Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) - during nine years at GitHub from December 2011.
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