parcel vs zed
parcel and zed share 5 technologies: html5ever, image, markdown, log, and tracing. Both are written in Rust.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
parcel-bundler
parcel
The zero configuration build tool for the web. 📦🚀
Rust44kRead on November 6, 2026, at commit 0256839What is parcel built with?Only in parcel
- React
- Tailwind CSS
lightningcss
- cssparser
- anstyle
- xml5ever
oxipng
- Less
- PostCSS
- posthtml
- Pug
- Stylus
sugarss
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
- Tokio
- tiny_http
- core-services
- swash
- gpui_platform
accesskit
- wgpu
- x11rb
- core-graphics
- wayland-client
taffy
- xkbcommon
- console
- cosmic-text
- dialoguer
- jsonwebtoken
rpassword
- quick-xml
- pulldown-cmark
- linkify
- handlebars
- plist
- resvg
- ttf-parser
- schemars
- jsonschema
- env_logger
tracing-subscriber
Side by side
parcelzed
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
parcel141,200 lines written239 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.
parcel2.5% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI
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.
parcelLast push November 4, 20264,005 commits44,014 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.
parcel1,603 test files25.1% 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, parcel or zed?
zed, with 1,835,785 lines written; parcel has 141,200.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit e21ff1b
Which has more GitHub stars, parcel or zed?
zed, with 92,679 stars; parcel has 44,014.
The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub
Which has more tests, parcel or zed?
parcel, with 1,603 test files; zed has 140.
Which was updated more recently, parcel or zed?
Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.
The proof: parcel-bundler/parcel's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, parcel or zed?
parcel: an AI signed 2.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI; in zed, 0.5%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in parcel-bundler/parcel
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