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Zed vs react-ace
Zed has 92,568 GitHub stars, 11,364 forks, 3,159 open issues and last shipped yesterday. react-ace has 4,205 stars, 596 forks, 217 open issues and last shipped 7 days ago. Zed leads on adoption by 2,101% (92,568 vs 4,205 stars). Zed is written in Rust under a custom or non-standard licence; react-ace is written in TypeScript under MIT. Zed has attracted 12% as many forks as stars, react-ace 14%. 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 | react-ace | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 93K | ★ 4.2K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Rust | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-27 |
| Forks | ⑂ 11K | ⑂ 596 |
| 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 react-ace if
- You want the react-ace feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and react-ace 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 react-ace
React Ace A set of react components for Ace NOTE FOR VERSION 8! : We have stopped support for Brace and now use Ace builds. Please read the documentation on how to migrate. Examples are being updated. DEMO of React Ace DEMO of React Ace Split Editor DEMO of React Ace Diff Editor Install npm install react ace ace builds yarn add react ace ace builds Basic Usage Examples Checkout the example directory for a working example using webpack. Documentation Ace Editor Split View Editor Diff Editor How to add modes, themes and keyboard handlers Frequently Asked Questions Migrate to version 8 Backers Support us with a…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Zed or react-ace more popular?
Zed has 92,568 GitHub stars and react-ace has 4,205. Zed has the larger community by that measure.
Are Zed and react-ace free?
Both are open source. Zed has no licence declared in this registry, and react-ace is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Zed and react-ace?
Zed is written in Rust and react-ace in TypeScript. 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 react-ace?
Choose Zed if you want the larger community (92,568 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose react-ace if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.