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Zed vs CodeEdit
Zed has 92,524 GitHub stars, 11,347 forks, 3,159 open issues and last shipped yesterday. CodeEdit has 23,102 stars, 1,196 forks, 213 open issues and last shipped 17 days ago. Zed leads on adoption by 301% (92,524 vs 23,102 stars). Zed is written in Rust under a custom or non-standard licence; CodeEdit is written in Swift under MIT. Zed has attracted 12% as many forks as stars, CodeEdit 5%. Zed was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Zed | CodeEdit | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 93K | ★ 23K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Rust | Swift |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 11K | ⑂ 1.2K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Zed if
- You weight community size — 93K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick CodeEdit if
- You want the CodeEdit feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Swift
- You evaluated both and CodeEdit fits your workflow better
About Zed
Zed Welcome to Zed, a high performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree sitter. Installation On macOS, Linux, and Windows you can download Zed directly or install Zed via your local package manager (macOS/Linux/Windows). Other platforms are not yet available: Web (tracking discussion) Developing Zed Building Zed for macOS Building Zed for Linux Building Zed for Windows Contributing See CONTRIBUTING.md for ways you can contribute to Zed. Also... we're hiring! Check out our jobs page for open roles. Licensing Zed source code is licensed primarily under GPL 3.0 or later, with Apache 2.0…
About CodeEdit
CodeEdit for macOS CodeEdit is a code editor built by the community, for the community, written entirely and unapologetically for macOS. Features include syntax highlighting, code completion, project find and replace, snippets, terminal, task running, debugging, git integration, code review, extensions, and more. [!IMPORTANT] CodeEdit is currently in development and not yet recommended for production use, however you can take part in shaping it's future by test driving pre release versions and submitting an issue to let us know what you think. Table of Contents Motivation Mission Community Activity Contributing…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Zed or CodeEdit more popular?
Zed has 92,524 GitHub stars and CodeEdit has 23,102. Zed has the larger community by that measure.
Are Zed and CodeEdit free?
Both are open source. Zed has no licence declared in this registry, and CodeEdit is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Zed and CodeEdit?
Zed is written in Rust and CodeEdit in Swift. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Zed or CodeEdit?
Choose Zed if you want the larger community (92,524 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose CodeEdit if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.