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Zed vs goneovim
Zed has 91,428 GitHub stars, 10,958 forks, 3,159 open issues and last shipped today. goneovim has 2,622 stars, 69 forks, 103 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. Zed leads on adoption by 3,387% (91,428 vs 2,622 stars). Zed is written in Rust under a custom or non-standard licence; goneovim is written in Go under MIT. Zed has attracted 12% as many forks as stars, goneovim 3%. Zed was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (text-editor), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
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 | goneovim | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 91K | ★ 2.6K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Rust | Go |
| Last push | 2026-10-08 | 2026-07-16 |
| Forks | ⑂ 11K | ⑂ 69 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Zed if
- You weight community size — 91K 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 goneovim if
- You want the goneovim feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and goneovim fits your workflow better
About Zed
Zed is a high performance, multiplayer code editor written in Rust, built by the creators of Atom and Tree sitter and aimed at developers who want a native, fast editing surface with AI assistance built in.
About goneovim
goneovim is a cross platform graphical frontend for Neovim, written in Go with a Qt binding, for people who want the editing power of nvim with mouse support, custom fonts, and a richer drawing surface than a terminal provides.
read the full goneovim overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Zed or goneovim more popular?
Zed has 91,428 GitHub stars and goneovim has 2,622. Zed has the larger community by that measure.
Are Zed and goneovim free?
Both are open source. Zed has no licence declared in this registry, and goneovim is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Zed and goneovim?
Zed is written in Rust and goneovim in Go. 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 goneovim?
Choose Zed if you want the larger community (91,428 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose goneovim if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.