loco vs zed
loco and zed share 8 technologies: axum, sqlx, Tokio, tower, dialoguer, sea-orm, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
loco-rs
loco
🚂 🦀 The one-person framework for Rust for side-projects and startups
Rust9.6kRead on November 14, 2026, at commit 0fce092What is loco built with?Only in loco
- bb8
- bb8-redis
opendal
- Redis
- axum-extra
- Vite
- React Router
- React
- tabled
sea-orm-migration
- hmac
- argon2
- tera
lettre
- scraper
validator
tracing-appender
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
aws-sdk-s3
- db
- sqlez
- sqlx-postgres
libsqlite3-sys
- lru
- heed
- moka
- Postgres
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
- console
- cosmic-text
lyon_path
- notify-rust
- wayland-cursor
- file_icons
icons
- emojis
- 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
- image
- quick-xml
- pulldown-cmark
- html5ever
tree-sitter-md
- usvg
- linkify
- 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
locozed
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
loco85,484 lines written220 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.
loco2% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code
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.
locoLast push November 6, 20261,455 commits9,627 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.
loco93 test files13.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
zed140 test files18.4% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, loco or zed?
zed, with 1,852,865 lines written; loco has 85,484.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit 8a5cf7e
Which has more GitHub stars, loco or zed?
zed, with 94,758 stars; loco has 9,627.
The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub
Which has more tests, loco or zed?
zed, with 140 test files; loco has 93.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit 8a5cf7e
Which was updated more recently, loco or zed?
zed: its last push was on November 12, 2026, and loco's on November 6, 2026.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, loco or zed?
loco: an AI signed 2% of its commits, with Claude Code; in zed, 0.5%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in loco-rs/loco
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