broot vs zed
broot and zed share 3 technologies: lru, image, and resvg. Both are written in Rust.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
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broot
A new way to see and navigate directory trees
Rust13.1kRead on November 10, 2026, at commit 54c95a0What is broot built with?Only in broot
termimad
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.
Rust94.5kRead on November 9, 2026, at commit 22580c6What is zed built with?Only in zed
- axum
- tower
aws-sdk-s3
- db
- sqlez
- sqlx-postgres
libsqlite3-sys
- heed
- moka
- Postgres
- sqlx
AWS S3- GitHub
gpui
- gpui_tokio
- gpui_web
node_runtime
- smol
objc2-foundation
- Tokio
- wasmtime
- tiny_http
- core-services
- theme
- theme_settings
- font-kit
- core-text
- swash
- command_palette_hooks
- component
- copilot_ui
- git_ui_core
- gpui_platform
- menu
- notifications
- open_path_prompt
- picker
- picker_preview
- platform_title_bar
- tasks_ui
- terminal
- terminal_view
- title_bar
- ui
- ui_input
- vim_mode_setting
- zed_actions
accesskit
- wgpu
- x11rb
- core-graphics
- etagere
- wayland-client
alacritty_terminal
taffy
- xkbcommon
- wayland-protocols-plasma
- console
- cosmic-text
- dialoguer
lyon
- notify-rust
- wayland-cursor
- file_icons
icons
- emojis
sea-orm-macros
- sqlez_macros
- credentials_provider
- oauth_callback_server
- zed_credentials_provider
- jsonwebtoken
rpassword
- acp_thread
- agent
- agent_servers
- agent_skills
- agent_ui
- ai_onboarding
- cloud_llm_client
- codestral
- context_server
- copilot_chat
- edit_prediction
- edit_prediction_context
- edit_prediction_types
- harbor
- language_model
- language_model_core
- language_models
- ollama
- open_ai
- prompt_store
- zeta_prompt
agent-client-protocol
- markdown
- markdown_preview
- quick-xml
- pulldown-cmark
- html5ever
tree-sitter-md
- usvg
- linkify
- handlebars
- mdbook
- plist
- ttf-parser
- yaml-rust2
- schemars
- jsonschema
- zlog
- ztracing
- log
tracing
- env_logger
- simplelog
- perf-event
- prometheus
- tracing-tracy
- tracy-client
Side by side
brootzed
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
broot41,491 lines written238 code files
zed1,842,123 lines written1,778 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.
broot0.6% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code and GitHub Copilot
zed0.5% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Amp, Factory, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Cursor
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
brootLast push November 1, 20261,929 commits13,141 stars
zedLast push November 9, 202637,581 commits94,524 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
broot2 test files7.6% 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, broot or zed?
zed, with 1,842,123 lines written; broot has 41,491.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit 22580c6
Which has more GitHub stars, broot or zed?
zed, with 94,524 stars; broot has 13,141.
The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub
Which has more tests, broot or zed?
zed, with 140 test files; broot has 2.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit 22580c6
Which was updated more recently, broot or zed?
zed: its last push was on November 9, 2026, and broot's on November 1, 2026.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, broot or zed?
broot: an AI signed 0.6% of its commits, with Claude Code and GitHub Copilot; in zed, 0.5%.
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