helix vs zed
helix and zed share 3 technologies: Tokio, pulldown-cmark, and log. Both are written in Rust.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
helix-editor
helix
A post-modern modal text editor.
Rust46.8kRead on November 6, 2026, at commit ba40e54What is helix built with?Only in helix
- termina
- crossterm
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.
Rust92.7kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit e21ff1bWhat is zed built with?Only in zed
- axum
- tower
aws-sdk-s3
- lru
- Postgres
- sqlx
AWS S3- GitHub
gpui
- gpui_tokio
- smol
objc2-foundation
- tiny_http
- core-services
- swash
- gpui_platform
accesskit
- wgpu
- x11rb
- core-graphics
- wayland-client
taffy
- xkbcommon
- console
- cosmic-text
- dialoguer
- jsonwebtoken
rpassword
- markdown
- image
- quick-xml
- html5ever
- linkify
- handlebars
- plist
- resvg
- ttf-parser
- schemars
- jsonschema
tracing
- env_logger
Side by side
helixzed
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
helix108,689 lines written215 code files
zed1,835,785 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.
helix0% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code
zed0.5% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Amp, Factory, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
helixLast push September 29, 20267,621 commits46,818 stars
zedLast push November 4, 202637,547 commits92,679 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
helix80 test files2.3% 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, helix or zed?
zed, with 1,835,785 lines written; helix has 108,689.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit e21ff1b
Which has more GitHub stars, helix or zed?
zed, with 92,679 stars; helix has 46,818.
The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub
Which has more tests, helix or zed?
zed, with 140 test files; helix has 80.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit e21ff1b
Which was updated more recently, helix or zed?
zed: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and helix's on September 29, 2026.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, helix or zed?
zed: an AI signed 0.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, Amp, Factory, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in zed-industries/zed
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