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Zed vs re-editor
Zed has 93,759 GitHub stars, 11,509 forks, 3,159 open issues and last shipped yesterday. re-editor has 762 stars, 106 forks, 39 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. Zed leads on adoption by 12,204% (93,759 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 14%. 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 | ★ 94K | ★ 762 |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Rust | Dart |
| Last push | 2026-11-07 | 2026-10-09 |
| Forks | ⑂ 12K | ⑂ 106 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Zed if
- You weight community size — 94K 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 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 re-editor
Re Editor 中文版本 Re Editor is a powerful lightweight text and code editor widget and a module in the Reqable project. It can be used as a simple text area or to develop a code editor with complex functions. Unlike Flutter's default TextField , Re Editor is specifically tailored for the display and input of multi line text and offers the following features: Two way horizontal and vertical scrolling. Text syntax highlighting. Content collapsing and expanding. Input hints and auto completion. Search and replace. Custom context menu builder. Shortcut keys. Large text display and editing. Line numbers and focus line…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Zed or re-editor more popular?
Zed has 93,759 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 (93,759 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose re-editor if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.