Zed is an fascinating new code editor from the creators of the OG Atom editor (that finally impressed Visible Studio Code) with a heavy deal with efficiency and it exhibits. Written totally in Rust and using the GPU it’s fast to start out up and extremely responsive as soon as loaded. Initially Zed was solely obtainable on MacOS, then in mid 2024 Linux help was added. Right this moment, Zed is now lastly obtainable on Home windows OS as nicely!
Key options particular to the brand new Home windows model of Zed:
WSL & Remoting is Constructed-in
Zed now speaks WSL. You may open a Linux distro as a first-class “distant” goal, edit tasks that stay inside it.
Full Extension Parity
All Zed extensions now work seamlessly on Home windows; no particular steps, no caveats.
Agentic Coding on Home windows
All of Zed’s AI options, together with edit predictions and ACP-powered brokers, are absolutely supported on Home windows.
A Refreshed Rendering Backend
To run on virtually all Home windows variations, together with VMs, we created a brand new rendering backend based mostly on DirectX 11.
In case you are involved in studying extra concerning the technique of porting Zed to the Home windows platform take a look at this YouTube video.
Key Hyperlinks
If you wish to see Zed in motion on Home windows and study extra about why you may need to select this excessive efficiency code editor, take a look at the video beneath.
