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Zed vs terax-ai
Zed has 92,568 GitHub stars, 11,364 forks, 3,159 open issues and last shipped yesterday. terax-ai has 9,439 stars, 1,047 forks, 449 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. Zed leads on adoption by 881% (92,568 vs 9,439 stars). Zed is written in Rust under a custom or non-standard licence; terax-ai is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0. Zed has attracted 12% as many forks as stars, terax-ai 11%. 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 | terax-ai | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 93K | ★ 9.4K |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Rust | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-31 |
| Forks | ⑂ 11K | ⑂ 1.0K |
| 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 terax-ai if
- You want the terax-ai feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and terax-ai 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 terax-ai
Terax Lightweight Terminal first AI native dev workspace. Website · Docs · Website's source code 简体中文 Español Deutsch Français 日本語 한국어 Português Polski Русский Bahasa Indonesia हिन्दी Terax is a lightweight open source terminal first AI native development environment (ADE) built on Tauri 2 + Rust and React 19. A native PTY backend with a WebGL renderer, an agentic AI side panel that runs against your own keys or fully local models, plus a code editor, file explorer, source control with a git graph, and a web preview pane built in. About 7 8 MB on disk. No telemetry. No account. Screenshots Web preview of local…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Zed or terax-ai more popular?
Zed has 92,568 GitHub stars and terax-ai has 9,439. Zed has the larger community by that measure.
Are Zed and terax-ai free?
Both are open source. Zed has no licence declared in this registry, and terax-ai is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Zed and terax-ai?
Zed is written in Rust and terax-ai 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 terax-ai?
Choose Zed if you want the larger community (92,568 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose terax-ai if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.