Zed Editor

May 2, 2025

Every programmer uses some kind of text editor. This means the editor can make a big difference to the experience of programming—it can make it easier or more frustrating. Over the past several months I have tested the Zed editor, a new Rust-based editor that uses the GPU for rendering performance.

Zed starts up quickly, and it supports the features I need to write code. When scrolling through files, its rendering performance (which is run on the GPU) is apparent. When compared to Visual Studio Code, Zed is notably faster for these tasks.

It has many features that help make a programmer's life easier:

It supports code auto-completion and displays compilation errors.

It has a nice assortment of built-in themes that can be chosen from a menu.

Probably most important, it has excellent all-around performance.

Overall, I have enjoyed using Zed editor. I sometimes dream of a world where all software is written in Rust (or a similar language) and has graphics acceleration. Even with just a text editor, Zed's improvements to typical software are evident. I imagine we will hear more about this program as it becomes more widely-known.

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