mdBook vs zed
mdBook and zed share 7 technologies: axum, Tokio, handlebars, html5ever, pulldown-cmark, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
rust-lang
mdBook
Create book from markdown files. Like Gitbook but implemented in Rust
Rust22.3kRead on November 5, 2026, at commit 7fb5bc8What is mdBook built with?Only in mdBook
- listenfd
In common
- axum
- Tokio
- handlebars
- html5ever
- pulldown-cmark
tracing
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
- 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
- linkify
- plist
- resvg
- ttf-parser
- schemars
- jsonschema
- log
- env_logger
Side by side
mdBookzed
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
mdBook20,533 lines written66 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.
mdBook0.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Codex
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.
mdBookLast push November 2, 20262,281 commits22,266 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.
mdBook73 test files10.6% 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, mdBook or zed?
zed, with 1,835,785 lines written; mdBook has 20,533.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit e21ff1b
Which has more GitHub stars, mdBook or zed?
zed, with 92,679 stars; mdBook has 22,266.
The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub
Which has more tests, mdBook or zed?
zed, with 140 test files; mdBook has 73.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit e21ff1b
Which was updated more recently, mdBook or zed?
zed: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and mdBook's on November 2, 2026.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, mdBook or zed?
zed: an AI signed 0.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, Amp, Factory, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI; in mdBook, 0.1%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in zed-industries/zed
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