rust-analyzer vs zed
rust-analyzer and zed share 5 technologies: pulldown-cmark, tracing, tracing-subscriber, log, and perf-event. Both are written in Rust.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
rust-lang
rust-analyzer
A Rust compiler front-end for IDEs
Rust17kRead on November 7, 2026, at commit 55effabWhat is rust-analyzer built with?Only in rust-analyzer
- zip
- pulldown-cmark-to-cmark
- tracing-tree
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.
Rust94.5kRead on November 9, 2026, at commit 22580c6What is zed built with?Only in zed
- axum
- tower
aws-sdk-s3
- db
- sqlez
- sqlx-postgres
libsqlite3-sys
- lru
- heed
- moka
- Postgres
- sqlx
AWS S3- GitHub
gpui
- gpui_tokio
- gpui_web
node_runtime
- smol
objc2-foundation
- Tokio
- 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
- dialoguer
lyon
- notify-rust
- wayland-cursor
- file_icons
icons
- emojis
sea-orm-macros
- 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
- html5ever
tree-sitter-md
- usvg
- linkify
- handlebars
- mdbook
- plist
- resvg
- ttf-parser
- yaml-rust2
- schemars
- jsonschema
- zlog
- ztracing
- env_logger
- simplelog
- prometheus
- tracing-tracy
- tracy-client
Side by side
rust-analyzerzed
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
rust-analyzer567,052 lines written824 code files
zed1,842,123 lines written1,778 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.
rust-analyzer0% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code and GitHub Copilot
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.
rust-analyzerLast push November 7, 202624,581 commits16,972 stars
zedLast push November 9, 202637,581 commits94,524 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
rust-analyzer706 test files17.6% 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, rust-analyzer or zed?
zed, with 1,842,123 lines written; rust-analyzer has 567,052.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit 22580c6
Which has more GitHub stars, rust-analyzer or zed?
zed, with 94,524 stars; rust-analyzer has 16,972.
The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub
Which has more tests, rust-analyzer or zed?
rust-analyzer, with 706 test files; zed has 140.
Which was updated more recently, rust-analyzer or zed?
zed: its last push was on November 9, 2026, and rust-analyzer's on November 7, 2026.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, rust-analyzer or zed?
zed: an AI signed 0.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, Amp, Factory, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Cursor.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in zed-industries/zed
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