wasmtime vs zed
wasmtime and zed share 5 technologies: Tokio, log, tracing, env_logger, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
bytecodealliance
wasmtime
A lightweight WebAssembly runtime that is fast, secure, and standards-compliant
Rust18.8kRead on November 6, 2026, at commit 0ad712cWhat is wasmtime built with?Only in wasmtime
- wasmtime
ort
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
- axum
- tower
aws-sdk-s3
- lru
- Postgres
- sqlx
AWS S3- GitHub
gpui
- gpui_tokio
- smol
objc2-foundation
- tiny_http
- core-services
- swash
- gpui_platform
accesskit
- wgpu
- x11rb
- core-graphics
- wayland-client
taffy
- xkbcommon
- console
- cosmic-text
- dialoguer
- jsonwebtoken
rpassword
- markdown
- image
- quick-xml
- pulldown-cmark
- html5ever
- linkify
- handlebars
- plist
- resvg
- ttf-parser
- schemars
- jsonschema
Side by side
wasmtimezed
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
wasmtime829,462 lines written1,588 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.
wasmtime0.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code and Gemini CLI
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.
wasmtimeLast push November 6, 202616,773 commits18,832 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.
wasmtime422 test files4.2% 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, wasmtime or zed?
zed, with 1,835,785 lines written; wasmtime has 829,462.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit e21ff1b
Which has more GitHub stars, wasmtime or zed?
zed, with 92,679 stars; wasmtime has 18,832.
The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub
Which has more tests, wasmtime or zed?
wasmtime, with 422 test files; zed has 140.
The proof: bytecodealliance/wasmtime's code at commit 0ad712c
Which was updated more recently, wasmtime or zed?
wasmtime: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and zed's on November 4, 2026.
Which has more commits signed by AI, wasmtime or zed?
zed: an AI signed 0.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, Amp, Factory, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI; in wasmtime, 0.1%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in zed-industries/zed
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