zola vs zed
zola and zed share 8 technologies: axum, Tokio, console, markdown, image, pulldown-cmark, log, and env_logger. Both are written in Rust.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
getzola
zola
A fast static site generator in a single binary with everything built-in. https://www.getzola.org
Rust17.6kRead on November 6, 2026, at commit 48d4e7aWhat is zola built with?Only in zola
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.
Rust94.8kRead on November 12, 2026, at commit 8a5cf7eWhat is zed built with?Only in zed
- 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
- x11rb
- core-graphics
- etagere
- wayland-client
alacritty_terminal
taffy
- xkbcommon
- wayland-protocols-plasma
- cosmic-text
- dialoguer
lyon_path
- 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_preview
- quick-xml
- html5ever
tree-sitter-md
- usvg
- linkify
- handlebars
- mdbook
- objc2-core-text
- plist
- resvg
- ttf-parser
- yaml-rust2
- schemars
- jsonschema
- zlog
- ztracing
tracing
- simplelog
- perf-event
- prometheus
- tracing-tracy
- tracy-client
Side by side
zolazed
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
zola25,003 lines written93 code files
zed1,852,865 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.
zola0% 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.
zolaLast push November 3, 20262,385 commits17,585 stars
zedLast push November 12, 202637,638 commits94,758 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
zola11 test files
zed140 test files18.4% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, zola or zed?
zed, with 1,852,865 lines written; zola has 25,003.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit 8a5cf7e
Which has more GitHub stars, zola or zed?
zed, with 94,758 stars; zola has 17,585.
The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub
Which has more tests, zola or zed?
zed, with 140 test files; zola has 11.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit 8a5cf7e
Which was updated more recently, zola or zed?
zed: its last push was on November 12, 2026, and zola's on November 3, 2026.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, zola 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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