Zed
1index_Zed IndustriesUSA
A Rust code editor from Zed Industries with an embedded agent: edits are predicted by the open-weights Zeta2 model, while third-party agents connect via ACP and MCP. The bet is on speed — the editor was built from scratch.
Facts
- Open source: the zed-industries/zed repository has been maintained since 2021, uses Rust, and is licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later with Apache-2.0 components; 88,871 stars as of 08/19/2026.
- Pricing as of Aug 19, 2026: Personal, free (2,000 accepted edit predictions, unlimited with your own keys), Pro, 10 $/mo (unlimited predictions and 5 $ in tokens per month, then provider pricing plus 10%), Business, 30 $ per seat per month (zed.dev/pricing).
- Edit prediction runs on Zeta2 — the vendor's own model with open weights; third-party agents connect via ACP and MCP protocols.
- Legal entity — Zed Industries, Inc., address 2590 Welton Street, Suite 200, PMB 1916, Denver, Colorado; terms are governed by Delaware law (zed.dev/terms, as of Aug 19, 2026).
The full card is in the works: the "worth it or not" verdict, pricing and a comparison with neighbors will appear as it moves through the card factory.