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Zed vs re-editor
Zed has 90,736 GitHub stars, 10,730 forks, 3,159 open issues and last shipped today. re-editor has 762 stars, 101 forks, 39 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. Zed leads on adoption by 11,808% (90,736 vs 762 stars). Zed is written in Rust under a custom or non-standard licence; re-editor is written in Dart under MIT. Zed has attracted 12% as many forks as stars, re-editor 13%. 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 | re-editor | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 91K | ★ 762 |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Rust | Dart |
| Last push | 2026-09-23 | 2026-08-21 |
| Forks | ⑂ 11K | ⑂ 101 |
| 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 re-editor if
- You want the re-editor feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Dart
- You evaluated both and re-editor 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 re-editor
Re Editor is an MIT licensed, lightweight text and code editor widget for Flutter, published on pub.dev as the re editor package, intended for Dart developers who need multi line text display, syntax highlighting, and code editor behaviour inside an application rather than a plain input field.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Zed or re-editor more popular?
Zed has 90,736 GitHub stars and re-editor has 762. Zed has the larger community by that measure.
Are Zed and re-editor free?
Both are open source. Zed has no licence declared in this registry, and re-editor is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Zed and re-editor?
Zed is written in Rust and re-editor in Dart. 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 re-editor?
Choose Zed if you want the larger community (90,736 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose re-editor if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.