pdfcraft vs zed
pdfcraft and zed share 6 technologies: objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, wayland-client, image, plist, and log. Both are written in Rust.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
storytold
pdfcraft
PdfCraft: An open-source PDF reader and editor written by scratch in pure Rust
Rust19.7kRead on November 6, 2026, at commit 9f04accWhat is pdfcraft built with?Only in pdfcraft
egui
- skrifa
- craft-ui
- rfd
- kurbo
- hmac
- pbkdf2
- ed25519-dalek
- hayro
- hayro-syntax
- lopdf
- roxmltree
- craft-print
- png
- tiff
- zune-jpeg
In common
objc2-app-kit
- wayland-client
- image
- plist
- log
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
- Tokio
- tiny_http
- core-services
- swash
- gpui_platform
accesskit
- wgpu
- x11rb
- core-graphics
taffy
- xkbcommon
- console
- cosmic-text
- dialoguer
- jsonwebtoken
rpassword
- markdown
- quick-xml
- pulldown-cmark
- html5ever
- linkify
- handlebars
- resvg
- ttf-parser
- schemars
- jsonschema
tracing
- env_logger
Side by side
pdfcraftzed
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
pdfcraft434,248 lines written596 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.
pdfcraft50.8% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Devin
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.
pdfcraftLast push November 5, 20263,438 commits19,706 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.
pdfcraft270 test files53.7% 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, pdfcraft or zed?
zed, with 1,835,785 lines written; pdfcraft has 434,248.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit e21ff1b
Which has more GitHub stars, pdfcraft or zed?
zed, with 92,679 stars; pdfcraft has 19,706.
The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub
Which has more tests, pdfcraft or zed?
pdfcraft, with 270 test files; zed has 140.
The proof: storytold/pdfcraft's code at commit 9f04acc
Which was updated more recently, pdfcraft or zed?
pdfcraft: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and zed's on November 4, 2026.
The proof: storytold/pdfcraft's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, pdfcraft or zed?
pdfcraft: an AI signed 50.8% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Devin; in zed, 0.5%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in storytold/pdfcraft
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