zed vs zellij
zed and zellij share 8 technologies: axum, objc2-foundation, Tokio, objc2-app-kit, swash, wayland-client, dialoguer, and log. Both are written in Rust.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
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
- tower
aws-sdk-s3
- lru
- Postgres
- sqlx
AWS S3- GitHub
gpui
- gpui_tokio
- smol
- tiny_http
- core-services
- gpui_platform
accesskit
- wgpu
objc2-quartz-core
- x11rb
- core-graphics
taffy
- xkbcommon
- console
- cosmic-text
- jsonwebtoken
rpassword
- markdown
- image
- quick-xml
- pulldown-cmark
- html5ever
- linkify
- handlebars
- plist
- resvg
- ttf-parser
- schemars
- jsonschema
tracing
- env_logger
In common
- axum
- Tokio
- swash
- wayland-client
- dialoguer
- log
zellij-org
zellij
A terminal workspace with batteries included
Rust36kRead on November 7, 2026, at commit 43c8710What is zellij built with?Only in zellij
Side by side
zedzellij
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
zed1,835,785 lines written1,779 code files
zellij612,599 lines written599 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.
zed0.5% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Amp, Factory, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI
zellij0% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code and GitHub Copilot
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
zedLast push November 4, 202637,547 commits92,679 stars
zellijLast push November 6, 20263,240 commits35,961 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
zed140 test files18.1% of its code files have a test that imports them
zellij191 test files32.7% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, zed or zellij?
zed, with 1,835,785 lines written; zellij has 612,599.
The proof: zed-industries/zed's code at commit e21ff1b
Which has more GitHub stars, zed or zellij?
zed, with 92,679 stars; zellij has 35,961.
The proof: zed-industries/zed on GitHub
Which has more tests, zed or zellij?
zellij, with 191 test files; zed has 140.
The proof: zellij-org/zellij's code at commit 43c8710
Which was updated more recently, zed or zellij?
zellij: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and zed's on November 4, 2026.
The proof: zellij-org/zellij's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, zed or zellij?
zed: an AI signed 0.5% of its commits, with Claude Code, Amp, Factory, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in zed-industries/zed
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