agent-desktop vs zed
agent-desktop and zed share 4 technologies: x11rb, core-graphics, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
vercel-labs
agent-desktop
Computer use CLI for AI agents
Rust18.1kRead on November 7, 2026, at commit b43ac4fWhat is agent-desktop built with?Only in agent-desktop
- uiautomation
- 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
objc2-foundation
- Tokio
- tiny_http
- core-services
- swash
- gpui_platform
accesskit
- wgpu
- wayland-client
taffy
- xkbcommon
- console
- cosmic-text
- dialoguer
- jsonwebtoken
rpassword
- markdown
- image
- quick-xml
- pulldown-cmark
- html5ever
- linkify
- handlebars
- plist
- resvg
- ttf-parser
- schemars
- jsonschema
- log
- env_logger
Side by side
agent-desktopzed
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
agent-desktop412,850 lines written1,573 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.
agent-desktop1% of its commits signed by AIWith Cursor and Claude Code
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.
agent-desktopLast push November 6, 2026301 commits18,108 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.
agent-desktop1,401 test files68% 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, agent-desktop or zed?
zed, with 1,835,785 lines written; agent-desktop has 412,850.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit e21ff1b
Which has more GitHub stars, agent-desktop or zed?
zed, with 92,679 stars; agent-desktop has 18,108.
The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub
Which has more tests, agent-desktop or zed?
agent-desktop, with 1,401 test files; zed has 140.
The proof: vercel-labs/agent-desktop's code at commit b43ac4f
Which was updated more recently, agent-desktop or zed?
agent-desktop: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and zed's on November 4, 2026.
Which has more commits signed by AI, agent-desktop or zed?
agent-desktop: an AI signed 1% of its commits, with Cursor and Claude Code; in zed, 0.5%.
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