rnote vs zed
rnote and zed share 6 technologies: smol, dialoguer, image, usvg, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
flxzt
rnote
Sketch and take handwritten notes.
Rust11.9kRead on November 12, 2026, at commit 83a7636What is rnote built with?Only in rnote
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
objc2-foundation
- Tokio
- 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
- x11rb
- core-graphics
- etagere
- wayland-client
alacritty_terminal
taffy
- xkbcommon
- wayland-protocols-plasma
- console
- cosmic-text
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
- quick-xml
- pulldown-cmark
- html5ever
tree-sitter-md
- linkify
- handlebars
- mdbook
- plist
- resvg
- ttf-parser
- yaml-rust2
- schemars
- jsonschema
- zlog
- ztracing
- log
- env_logger
- simplelog
- perf-event
- prometheus
- tracing-tracy
- tracy-client
Side by side
rnotezed
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
rnote55,258 lines written202 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.
rnote0% 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.
rnoteLast push November 11, 20262,389 commits11,858 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.
rnote0 test files
zed140 test files18.1% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, rnote or zed?
zed, with 1,842,123 lines written; rnote has 55,258.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit 22580c6
Which has more GitHub stars, rnote or zed?
zed, with 94,524 stars; rnote has 11,858.
The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub
Which has more tests, rnote or zed?
zed, with 140 test files.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit 22580c6
Which was updated more recently, rnote or zed?
rnote: its last push was on November 11, 2026, and zed's on November 9, 2026.
The proof: flxzt/rnote's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, rnote 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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