Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/longbridge/gpui-kit/vs/zed-industries/zed
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/longbridge/gpui-kit/vs/zed-industries/zed.md
Description: gpui-kit and zed share 15 technologies: gpui, smol, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, gpui_platform, core-graphics, wayland-client, markdown, html5ever, image, resvg, schemars, tracing, log, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

# gpui-kit vs zed

gpui-kit and zed share 15 technologies: gpui, smol, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, gpui_platform, core-graphics, wayland-client, markdown, html5ever, image, resvg, schemars, tracing, log, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

- [longbridge/gpui-kit](https://seerepo.com/r/longbridge/gpui-kit): Rust GUI components for building fantastic cross-platform desktop application by using GPUI.
- [zed-industries/zed](https://seerepo.com/r/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.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: gpui, smol, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, gpui_platform, core-graphics, wayland-client, markdown, html5ever, image, resvg, schemars, tracing, log, tracing-subscriber
- Only in gpui-kit: gpui-kit, core-text, Tailwind CSS, two-face, gtk, usvg, csv, console_log, tracing-wasm
- Only in zed: axum, tower, aws-sdk-s3, lru, Postgres, sqlx, AWS S3, GitHub, gpui_tokio, Tokio, tiny_http, core-services, swash, accesskit, wgpu, objc2-quartz-core, objc2-ui-kit, x11rb, taffy, xkbcommon, console, cosmic-text, dialoguer, jsonwebtoken, rpassword, quick-xml, pulldown-cmark, linkify, handlebars, plist, ttf-parser, jsonschema, env_logger

## Side by side

| | gpui-kit | zed |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 468,220 lines written, 761 code files | 1,835,785 lines written, 1,779 code files |
| Who writes it | 21.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor | 0.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Amp, Factory, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 2,782 commits, 19,430 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 37,547 commits, 92,679 stars |
| Tests | 152 test files. 10.8% of its code files have a test that imports them | 140 test files. 18.1% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, gpui-kit or zed?

zed, with 1,835,785 lines written; gpui-kit has 468,220.

The proof: [zed-industries/zed's code at commit e21ff1b](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/tree/e21ff1b368b074586e4dae0d9bbf15d5dd8a1476)

### Which has more GitHub stars, gpui-kit or zed?

zed, with 92,679 stars; gpui-kit has 19,430.

The proof: [zed-industries/zed on GitHub](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed)

### Which has more tests, gpui-kit or zed?

gpui-kit, with 152 test files; zed has 140.

The proof: [longbridge/gpui-kit's code at commit b2aaa3e](https://github.com/longbridge/gpui-kit/tree/b2aaa3e5f9a387dea74981586bfca33e7e08420d)

### Which was updated more recently, gpui-kit or zed?

gpui-kit: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and zed's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: [longbridge/gpui-kit's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/longbridge/gpui-kit/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, gpui-kit or zed?

gpui-kit: an AI signed 21.2% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor; in zed, 0.5%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in longbridge/gpui-kit](https://seerepo.com/r/longbridge/gpui-kit/ai)

## Sources

- longbridge/gpui-kit: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit b2aaa3e (https://github.com/longbridge/gpui-kit/tree/b2aaa3e5f9a387dea74981586bfca33e7e08420d)
- zed-industries/zed: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit e21ff1b (https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/tree/e21ff1b368b074586e4dae0d9bbf15d5dd8a1476)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.