Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/zed-industries/zed/vs/zellij-org/zellij
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/zed-industries/zed/vs/zellij-org/zellij.md
Description: zed and zellij share 8 technologies: axum, objc2-foundation, Tokio, objc2-app-kit, swash, wayland-client, dialoguer, and log. Both are written in Rust.

# 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.

- [zed-industries/zed](https://seerepo.com/r/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.
- [zellij-org/zellij](https://seerepo.com/r/zellij-org/zellij): A terminal workspace with batteries included

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: axum, objc2-foundation, Tokio, objc2-app-kit, swash, wayland-client, dialoguer, log
- 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, objc2-ui-kit, 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, tracing-subscriber
- Only in zellij: rusqlite, SQLite, axum-extra, axum-server, fontdb, winit, glow, glutin, crossterm, glutin-winit, kasuari, objc2-user-notifications, kdl, png

## Side by side

| | zed | zellij |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,835,785 lines written, 1,779 code files | 612,599 lines written, 599 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Amp, Factory, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 37,547 commits, 92,679 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 3,240 commits, 35,961 stars |
| Tests | 140 test files. 18.1% of its code files have a test that imports them | 191 test files. 32.7% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## 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](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/tree/e21ff1b368b074586e4dae0d9bbf15d5dd8a1476)

### Which has more GitHub stars, zed or zellij?

zed, with 92,679 stars; zellij has 35,961.

The proof: [zed-industries/zed on GitHub](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed)

### 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](https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/tree/43c8710b3a9845f60d5a567c7410fc1197fabb66)

### 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](https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/commits)

### 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](https://seerepo.com/r/zed-industries/zed/ai)

## Sources

- zed-industries/zed: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit e21ff1b (https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/tree/e21ff1b368b074586e4dae0d9bbf15d5dd8a1476)
- zellij-org/zellij: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 43c8710 (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/tree/43c8710b3a9845f60d5a567c7410fc1197fabb66)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.