Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/fluxerapp/fluxer/vs/zed-industries/zed
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/fluxerapp/fluxer/vs/zed-industries/zed.md
Description: fluxer and zed share 16 technologies: axum, moka, Postgres, Tokio, tower, AWS S3, objc2-foundation, objc2-core-media, objc2-app-kit, html5ever, linkify, tracing, tracing-subscriber, x11rb, core-graphics, and objc2-metal. fluxer is written in TypeScript and zed in Rust.

# fluxer vs zed

fluxer and zed share 16 technologies: axum, moka, Postgres, Tokio, tower, AWS S3, objc2-foundation, objc2-core-media, objc2-app-kit, html5ever, linkify, tracing, tracing-subscriber, x11rb, core-graphics, and objc2-metal. fluxer is written in TypeScript and zed in Rust.

- [fluxerapp/fluxer](https://seerepo.com/r/fluxerapp/fluxer): A free and open source instant messaging and VoIP chat app built for friends, groups, and communities.
- [zed-industries/zed](https://seerepo.com/r/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.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: axum, moka, Postgres, Tokio, tower, AWS S3, objc2-foundation, objc2-core-media, objc2-app-kit, html5ever, linkify, tracing, tracing-subscriber, x11rb, core-graphics, objc2-metal
- Only in fluxer: deadpool-postgres, tokio-postgres, tokio-postgres-rustls, scylla, async-nats, NATS.io, Caddy, tower-layer, Hono, @nats-io/transport-node, cassandra-driver, aws-sdk, Redis, Stripe, LiveKit, Elastic, React, lru-cache, Electron, rusqlite, SQLite, charm.land/lipgloss/v2, charm.land/fang/v2, charm.land/huh/v2, hmac, scraper, ammonia, infer, github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2, github.com/moby/moby/client, github.com/moby/moby/api, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, Tailwind CSS, maud, jose, @simplewebauthn/server, argon2, sharp, html-entities, Zod, @hono/node-server, harfbuzzjs, pdf-lib, nodemailer, @csstools/css-tokenizer, React Hook Form, Framer, lexical, floating-ui, react-dnd, Base UI, CodeMirror, react-dnd-html5-backend, react-aria-components, Anime.js, Radix UI, @lezer/highlight, favico.js, react-day-picker, react-dnd-multi-backend, react-hotkeys-hook, TanStack, three, @phosphor-icons/react, @simplewebauthn/browser, onnxruntime-web, qrcode, gifenc, gifuct-js, katex, libwebp-sys, thumbhash, upng-js, valibot, objc2-authentication-services, pino, @redocly/openapi-core, validator
- Only in zed: aws-sdk-s3, db, sqlez, sqlx-postgres, libsqlite3-sys, aws-sdk-kinesis, lru, heed, sqlx, GitHub, gpui, gpui_tokio, gpui_web, node_runtime, smol, wasmtime, objc2-core-video, 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, objc2-quartz-core, objc2-ui-kit, etagere, wayland-client, alacritty_terminal, taffy, xkbcommon, accesskit_unix, wayland-protocols-plasma, console, cosmic-text, dialoguer, lyon_path, 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, image, quick-xml, pulldown-cmark, tree-sitter-md, usvg, handlebars, mdbook, objc2-core-text, plist, resvg, ttf-parser, yaml-rust2, schemars, jsonschema, zlog, ztracing, log, env_logger, simplelog, perf-event, prometheus, tracing-tracy, tracy-client

## Side by side

| | fluxer | zed |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,455,270 lines written, 6,775 code files | 1,852,865 lines written, 1,779 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 0.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Amp, Factory, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 13, 2026, 3,408 commits, 10,856 stars | Last push November 12, 2026, 37,638 commits, 94,758 stars |
| Tests | 836 test files. 11.6% of its code files have a test that imports them | 140 test files. 18.4% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, fluxer or zed?

zed, with 1,852,865 lines written; fluxer has 1,455,270.

The proof: [zed-industries/zed's code at commit 8a5cf7e](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/tree/8a5cf7e23a7ce5797bb020a4b7be2ef1b7dc8f79)

### Which has more GitHub stars, fluxer or zed?

zed, with 94,758 stars; fluxer has 10,856.

The proof: [zed-industries/zed on GitHub](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed)

### Which has more tests, fluxer or zed?

fluxer, with 836 test files; zed has 140.

The proof: [fluxerapp/fluxer's code at commit 851e55c](https://github.com/fluxerapp/fluxer/tree/851e55c70f9b62d5c168dac9f09c071306a20752)

### Which was updated more recently, fluxer or zed?

fluxer: its last push was on November 13, 2026, and zed's on November 12, 2026.

The proof: [fluxerapp/fluxer's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/fluxerapp/fluxer/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, fluxer 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](https://seerepo.com/r/zed-industries/zed/ai)

## Sources

- fluxerapp/fluxer: Read on November 13, 2026, at commit 851e55c (https://github.com/fluxerapp/fluxer/tree/851e55c70f9b62d5c168dac9f09c071306a20752)
- zed-industries/zed: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 8a5cf7e (https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/tree/8a5cf7e23a7ce5797bb020a4b7be2ef1b7dc8f79)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.