I have been test-driving the Zed editor for a week now, and I’m absolutely loving it!
Here’s what stands out the most to me:
👉 Multi-buffers: This is one feature I didn’t think I would love so much. Imagine Vim motions with multiple cursors and selections across multiple files — it’s Vim on steroids!
👉 Speed: Built in Rust, Zed is incredibly snappy and fast. It’s a refreshing change coming from VS Code.
👉 Vim Support: Zed offers first-class support for Vim motions throughout the editor. For me, Vim motions are non-negotiable.
👉 Integrated Claude Code: Claude Code is my preferred AI pair programmer. Zed has recently launched Claude Code support in beta.
👉 Minimal and customizable UI: Zed UI keeps clutter out of the way. It’s quite customizable as well.