photocraft vs zed

photocraft and zed share 10 technologies: objc2-app-kit, Tokio, objc2-foundation, wgpu, x11rb, image, resvg, plist, schemars, and log. Both are written in Rust.

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What they share and what sets them apart

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photocraft

PhotoCraft: An open-source, photo editor written by scratch in pure Rust

Rust76.9kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 8e9277eWhat is photocraft built with?

Only in photocraft

  • skrifa
  • parley
  • rfd
  • muda
  • winit
  • rmcp
  • roxmltree
  • jxl-oxide
  • png

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
  • tiny_http
  • core-services
  • swash
  • gpui_platform
  • accesskit
  • objc2-quartz-core
  • objc2-ui-kit
  • core-graphics
  • wayland-client
  • taffy
  • xkbcommon
  • console
  • cosmic-text
  • dialoguer
  • jsonwebtoken
  • rpassword
  • markdown
  • quick-xml
  • pulldown-cmark
  • html5ever
  • linkify
  • handlebars
  • ttf-parser
  • jsonschema
  • tracing
  • env_logger
  • tracing-subscriber

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
photocraft860,770 lines written1,249 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.
photocraft51.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, 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.
photocraftLast push November 4, 20266,289 commits76,898 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.
photocraft825 test files62.1% 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, photocraft or zed?
zed, with 1,835,785 lines written; photocraft has 860,770.

The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit e21ff1b

Which has more GitHub stars, photocraft or zed?
zed, with 92,679 stars; photocraft has 76,898.

The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub

Which has more tests, photocraft or zed?
photocraft, with 825 test files; zed has 140.

The proof: storytold/photocraft's code at commit 8e9277e

Which was updated more recently, photocraft or zed?
Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.

The proof: storytold/photocraft's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, photocraft or zed?
photocraft: an AI signed 51.1% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Devin; in zed, 0.5%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in storytold/photocraft

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