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Zed
A fast, collaborative code editor built for staying in flow.
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2026-08-06Latest mention
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I use this every day — https://zed.dev/blog/terminal-threads https://zed.dev/blog/terminal-threadsRead the full discussion
I use the television task described here (https://zed.dev/blog/hidden-gems-part-2 https://zed.dev/blog/hidden-gems-part-2) for that experience :)Read the full discussion
It's even possible to make your own theme and they even have a first-party theme editor (https://zed.dev/theme-builder https://zed.dev/theme-builder) which works great.Read the full discussion
https://zed.dev/acp https://zed.dev/acp We use it in our desktop app IDE (mediar.ai) and it's pretty goodRead the full discussion
…://lmstudio.ai/) or Ollama (https://ollama.com/ https://ollama.com/), configure the tool such as Cursor to use those models you've downloaded (personally I use Zed.dev), and then everything happens straight on your computer.Read the full discussion
But if I'm just opening a project to look quickly or browsing code or opening a single file, then I use zed (https://zed.dev/ https://zed.dev/).Read the full discussion