iced vs zed
iced and zed share 9 technologies: Tokio, smol, wgpu, cosmic-text, image, resvg, pulldown-cmark, tracing, and log. Both are written in Rust.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
iced-rs
iced
A cross-platform GUI library for Rust, inspired by Elm
Rust32kRead on November 7, 2026, at commit 8ff48c4What is iced built with?Only in iced
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
objc2-foundation
- tiny_http
- core-services
- swash
- gpui_platform
accesskit
- x11rb
- core-graphics
- wayland-client
taffy
- xkbcommon
- console
- dialoguer
- jsonwebtoken
rpassword
- markdown
- quick-xml
- html5ever
- linkify
- handlebars
- plist
- ttf-parser
- schemars
- jsonschema
- env_logger
tracing-subscriber
Side by side
icedzed
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
iced102,496 lines written280 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.
iced0.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code and Cursor
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.
icedLast push November 1, 20265,914 commits31,958 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.
iced15 test files15.4% 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, iced or zed?
zed, with 1,835,785 lines written; iced has 102,496.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit e21ff1b
Which has more GitHub stars, iced or zed?
zed, with 92,679 stars; iced has 31,958.
The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub
Which has more tests, iced or zed?
zed, with 140 test files; iced has 15.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit e21ff1b
Which was updated more recently, iced or zed?
zed: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and iced's on November 1, 2026.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, iced or zed?
zed: an AI signed 0.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, Amp, Factory, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI; in iced, 0.1%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in zed-industries/zed
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