encore vs zed
encore and zed share 11 technologies: axum, aws-sdk-s3, Postgres, AWS S3, Tokio, jsonwebtoken, handlebars, log, tracing, env_logger, and tracing-subscriber. encore is written in Go and zed in Rust.
What they share and what sets them apart
encoredev
encore
Infrastructure orchestration from local to your cloud
Go12.7kRead on November 10, 2026, at commit 2559135What is encore built with?Only in encore
- net/http
- Gorilla
- go-sqlite3
pgvector
- pgx
- postgres-native-tls
- postgres-protocol
- pq
- s3
- tokio-postgres
- Redis
- github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4
aws-sdk-sns
aws-sdk-sqs
- bb8
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs
github.com/nsqio/go-nsq
- SQLite
- github.com/bluele/gcache
- MCP
- Google Cloud Storage
github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea
- github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter
github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss
- github.com/briandowns/spinner
github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles
- golang.org/x/oauth2
- hmac
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials
- github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity
- google-cloud-auth
mcp-go
- Tailscale
- github.com/getkin/kin-openapi
- email_address
- github.com/rs/zerolog
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config
- metrics
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sns
aws-sdk-cloudwatch
- cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatch
- github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore
- github.com/felixge/httpsnoop
- google-cloud-googleapis
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
- tower
- db
- sqlez
- sqlx-postgres
libsqlite3-sys
aws-sdk-kinesis
- lru
- heed
- moka
- sqlx
- GitHub
gpui
- gpui_tokio
- gpui_web
node_runtime
- smol
objc2-foundation
- wasmtime
objc2-app-kit
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
- wgpu
objc2-quartz-core
objc2-ui-kit
- x11rb
- core-graphics
- etagere
- wayland-client
alacritty_terminal
taffy
- xkbcommon
accesskit_unix
objc2-metal
- 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
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
- image
- quick-xml
- pulldown-cmark
- html5ever
tree-sitter-md
- usvg
- linkify
- mdbook
- plist
- resvg
- ttf-parser
- yaml-rust2
- schemars
- jsonschema
- zlog
- ztracing
- simplelog
- perf-event
- prometheus
- tracing-tracy
- tracy-client
Side by side
encorezed
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
encore289,424 lines written1,022 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.
encore0.5% 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.
encoreLast push November 10, 20262,282 commits12,702 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.
encore341 test files33.3% 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, encore or zed?
zed, with 1,842,123 lines written; encore has 289,424.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit 22580c6
Which has more GitHub stars, encore or zed?
zed, with 94,524 stars; encore has 12,702.
The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub
Which has more tests, encore or zed?
encore, with 341 test files; zed has 140.
The proof: encoredev/encore's code at commit 2559135
Which was updated more recently, encore or zed?
encore: its last push was on November 10, 2026, and zed's on November 9, 2026.
The proof: encoredev/encore's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, encore or zed?
In both, an AI signed 0.5% of their commits.
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