AppFlowy vs zed

AppFlowy and zed share 7 technologies: Tokio, console, pulldown-cmark, schemars, tracing, log, and tracing-subscriber. AppFlowy is written in Dart and zed in Rust.

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What they share and what sets them apart

AppFlowy-IO

AppFlowy

Bring projects, wikis, and teams together with AI. AppFlowy is the AI collaborative workspace where you achieve more without losing control of your data. The leading open source Notion alternative.

Dart78.2kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 8fcee27What is AppFlowy built with?

Only in AppFlowy

  • Flutter
  • rusqlite
  • shared_preferences
  • SQLite
  • moka
  • plugin_platform_interface
  • google_fonts
  • desktop_drop
  • window_manager
  • animations
  • auto_size_text_field
  • flex_color_picker
  • flutter_staggered_grid_view
  • percent_indicator
  • diesel
  • diesel_migrations
  • hmac
  • pbkdf2
  • image_picker
  • csv
  • file_picker
  • scraper
  • flutter_svg
  • html
  • xml
  • zip
  • validator
  • console-subscriber
  • tracing-appender
  • tracing-core

In common

zed-industries

zed

Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

Rust92.7kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit e21ff1bWhat is zed built with?

Only in zed

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
AppFlowy412,249 lines written2,281 code files
zed1,835,785 lines written1,779 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
AppFlowy0% of its commits signed by AI
zed0.5% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Amp, Factory, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
AppFlowyLast push November 2, 20266,367 commits78,194 stars
zedLast push November 4, 202637,547 commits92,679 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
AppFlowy423 test files18% of its code files have a test that imports them
zed140 test files18.1% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, AppFlowy or zed?
zed, with 1,835,785 lines written; AppFlowy has 412,249.

The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit e21ff1b

Which has more GitHub stars, AppFlowy or zed?
zed, with 92,679 stars; AppFlowy has 78,194.

The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub

Which has more tests, AppFlowy or zed?
AppFlowy, with 423 test files; zed has 140.

The proof: AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy's code at commit 8fcee27

Which was updated more recently, AppFlowy or zed?
zed: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and AppFlowy's on November 2, 2026.

The proof: zed-industries/zed's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, AppFlowy or zed?
zed: an AI signed 0.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, Amp, Factory, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in zed-industries/zed

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