yew vs zed
yew and zed share 4 technologies: axum, lru, Tokio, and tracing. Both are written in Rust.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
yewstack
yew
Rust / Wasm framework for creating reliable and efficient web applications
Rust32.8kRead on November 7, 2026, at commit bfa6c19What is yew built with?Only in yew
- Yew
- Actix Web
gloo
html-escape
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.
Rust94.8kRead on November 12, 2026, at commit 8a5cf7eWhat is zed built with?Only in zed
- tower
aws-sdk-s3
- db
- sqlez
- sqlx-postgres
libsqlite3-sys
- heed
- moka
- Postgres
- sqlx
AWS S3- GitHub
gpui
- gpui_tokio
- gpui_web
node_runtime
- smol
objc2-foundation
- 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_path
- 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
- pulldown-cmark
- html5ever
tree-sitter-md
- usvg
- linkify
- handlebars
- mdbook
- objc2-core-text
- plist
- resvg
- ttf-parser
- yaml-rust2
- schemars
- jsonschema
- zlog
- ztracing
- log
- env_logger
tracing-subscriber
- simplelog
- perf-event
- prometheus
- tracing-tracy
- tracy-client
Side by side
yewzed
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
yew59,897 lines written146 code files
zed1,852,865 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.
yew0.1% 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.
yewLast push October 30, 20262,629 commits32,839 stars
zedLast push November 12, 202637,638 commits94,758 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
yew138 test files6.8% of its code files have a test that imports them
zed140 test files18.4% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, yew or zed?
zed, with 1,852,865 lines written; yew has 59,897.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit 8a5cf7e
Which has more GitHub stars, yew or zed?
zed, with 94,758 stars; yew has 32,839.
The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub
Which has more tests, yew or zed?
zed, with 140 test files; yew has 138.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit 8a5cf7e
Which was updated more recently, yew or zed?
zed: its last push was on November 12, 2026, and yew's on October 30, 2026.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, yew or zed?
zed: an AI signed 0.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, Amp, Factory, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Cursor; in yew, 0.1%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in zed-industries/zed
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