vector vs zed

vector and zed share 14 technologies: axum, aws-sdk-s3, lru, Postgres, sqlx, AWS S3, Tokio, tower, quick-xml, handlebars, jsonschema, tracing, log, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

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What they share and what sets them apart

vectordotdev

vector

A high-performance observability data pipeline.

Rust22.8kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 1bac1b8What is vector built with?

Only in vector

  • sqlx-postgres
  • tokio-postgres
  • Redis
  • MongoDB
  • aws-sdk-kinesis
  • opendal
  • Kafka
  • warp
  • Tailwind CSS
  • crossterm
  • Ratatui
  • indicatif
  • aws-sdk-sts
  • azure_identity
  • parquet
  • csv
  • metrics
  • azure_core
  • tracing-core
  • aws-sdk-iam

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

  • GitHub
  • gpui
  • gpui_tokio
  • smol
  • objc2-foundation
  • objc2-app-kit
  • tiny_http
  • core-services
  • swash
  • gpui_platform
  • accesskit
  • wgpu
  • objc2-quartz-core
  • objc2-ui-kit
  • x11rb
  • core-graphics
  • wayland-client
  • taffy
  • xkbcommon
  • console
  • cosmic-text
  • dialoguer
  • jsonwebtoken
  • rpassword
  • markdown
  • image
  • pulldown-cmark
  • html5ever
  • linkify
  • plist
  • resvg
  • ttf-parser
  • schemars
  • env_logger

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
vector472,373 lines written1,238 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.
vector0.9% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot
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.
vectorLast push November 4, 202614,656 commits22,799 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.
vector242 test files28% 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, vector or zed?
zed, with 1,835,785 lines written; vector has 472,373.

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

Which has more GitHub stars, vector or zed?
zed, with 92,679 stars; vector has 22,799.

The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub

Which has more tests, vector or zed?
vector, with 242 test files; zed has 140.

The proof: vectordotdev/vector's code at commit 1bac1b8

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

The proof: vectordotdev/vector's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, vector or zed?
vector: an AI signed 0.9% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot; in zed, 0.5%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in vectordotdev/vector

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