eww vs zed
eww and zed share 4 technologies: Tokio, x11rb, quick-xml, and log. Both are written in Rust.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
elkowar
eww
ElKowars wacky widgets
Rust12.7kRead on November 10, 2026, at commit 48f5aa8What is eww built with?Only in eww
- cached
gtk
- gtk-layer-shell
- pretty_env_logger
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
- lru
- heed
- moka
- Postgres
- sqlx
AWS S3- GitHub
gpui
- gpui_tokio
- gpui_web
node_runtime
- smol
objc2-foundation
- 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
- 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
- image
- pulldown-cmark
- html5ever
tree-sitter-md
- usvg
- linkify
- handlebars
- mdbook
- plist
- resvg
- ttf-parser
- yaml-rust2
- schemars
- jsonschema
- zlog
- ztracing
tracing
- env_logger
- simplelog
- perf-event
- prometheus
- tracing-tracy
- tracy-client
Side by side
ewwzed
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
eww14,937 lines written82 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.
eww0% of its commits signed by AI
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.
ewwLast push July 17, 2026706 commits12,749 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.
eww1 test file9.8% 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, eww or zed?
zed, with 1,842,123 lines written; eww has 14,937.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit 22580c6
Which has more GitHub stars, eww or zed?
zed, with 94,524 stars; eww has 12,749.
The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub
Which has more tests, eww or zed?
zed, with 140 test files; eww has 1.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit 22580c6
Which was updated more recently, eww or zed?
zed: its last push was on November 9, 2026, and eww's on July 17, 2026.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, eww or zed?
zed: an AI signed 0.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, Amp, Factory, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Cursor.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in zed-industries/zed
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