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Graphite vs zed

Graphite and zed share 11 technologies: Tokio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, wgpu, objc2-metal, image, usvg, plist, log, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

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What they share and what sets them apart

GraphiteEditor

Graphite

Community-built comprehensive 2D content creation appplication for graphic design, digital art, and interactive real-time motion graphics powered by a node-based procedural graphics engine

Rust27.9kRead on November 8, 2026, at commit 9350e2fWhat is Graphite built with?

Only in Graphite

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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
  • aws-sdk-kinesis
  • lru
  • heed
  • moka
  • Postgres
  • sqlx
  • AWS S3
  • GitHub
  • gpui
  • gpui_tokio
  • gpui_web
  • node_runtime
  • smol
  • wasmtime
  • objc2-core-video
  • tiny_http
  • core-services
  • objc2-core-media
  • 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
  • objc2-quartz-core
  • objc2-ui-kit
  • x11rb
  • core-graphics
  • etagere
  • wayland-client
  • alacritty_terminal
  • taffy
  • xkbcommon
  • accesskit_unix
  • wayland-protocols-plasma
  • console
  • cosmic-text
  • dialoguer
  • lyon
  • notify-rust
  • objc2-user-notifications
  • wayland-cursor
  • file_icons
  • icons
  • emojis
  • sea-orm-macros
  • sqlez_macros
  • sea-orm
  • 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
  • aws-sdk-bedrockruntime
  • html_to_markdown
  • markdown
  • markdown_preview
  • quick-xml
  • pulldown-cmark
  • html5ever
  • tree-sitter-md
  • linkify
  • handlebars
  • mdbook
  • resvg
  • ttf-parser
  • yaml-rust2
  • schemars
  • jsonschema
  • zlog
  • ztracing
  • env_logger
  • simplelog
  • perf-event
  • prometheus
  • tracing-tracy
  • tracy-client

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
Graphite322,843 lines written886 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.
Graphite0.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Gemini CLI 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.
GraphiteLast push November 8, 20263,377 commits27,867 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.
Graphite47 test files15% 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, Graphite or zed?
zed, with 1,842,123 lines written; Graphite has 322,843.

The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit 22580c6

Which has more GitHub stars, Graphite or zed?
zed, with 94,524 stars; Graphite has 27,867.

The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub

Which has more tests, Graphite or zed?
zed, with 140 test files; Graphite has 47.

The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit 22580c6

Which was updated more recently, Graphite or zed?
zed: its last push was on November 9, 2026, and Graphite's on November 8, 2026.

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

Which has more commits signed by AI, Graphite or zed?
zed: an AI signed 0.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, Amp, Factory, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Cursor; in Graphite, 0.1%.

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

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