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Description: zed is a Rust repo built with axum. It stores its data in Postgres, stores files in AWS S3, and connects to GitHub.

# What is zed built with?

zed is a Rust repo built with axum. It stores its data in Postgres, stores files in AWS S3, and connects to GitHub. It has 1,774 files and 1,827,052 written lines, with 139 test files.

Read on October 30, 2026, at commit 14b7b0e.

Repository: https://github.com/zed-industries/zed

## Backend

### The base

- **axum**: [in package.json](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/14b7b0ef3764d62a85070c8b5ccea105a2ad3235/package.json)

### Data

- **[Postgres](https://seerepo.com/uses/postgres)**: 1 file · [crates/collab/Cargo.toml, line 55](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/14b7b0ef3764d62a85070c8b5ccea105a2ad3235/crates/collab/Cargo.toml#L55)

### Services

- **GitHub**: 1 file · [tooling/compliance/src/github.rs, line 426](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/14b7b0ef3764d62a85070c8b5ccea105a2ad3235/tooling/compliance/src/github.rs#L426)
- **[AWS S3](https://seerepo.com/uses/aws-s3)**: 1 file · [crates/collab/src/api/extensions.rs, line 4](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/14b7b0ef3764d62a85070c8b5ccea105a2ad3235/crates/collab/src/api/extensions.rs#L4)

## Other repos with a similar stack

- [paperclipai/paperclip](https://seerepo.com/r/paperclipai/paperclip/built): Postgres, AWS S3
- [Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF](https://seerepo.com/r/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/built): Postgres, AWS S3
- [infiniflow/ragflow](https://seerepo.com/r/infiniflow/ragflow/built): Postgres, AWS S3
- [lobehub/lobehub](https://seerepo.com/r/lobehub/lobehub/built): Postgres, GitHub
- [hoppscotch/hoppscotch](https://seerepo.com/r/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/built): axum, Postgres
- [unionlabs/union](https://seerepo.com/r/unionlabs/union/built): axum, Postgres

## Frequently asked questions

### What language is zed written in?

zed is written in Rust: 1,774 files and 1,827,052 written lines.

### What framework does zed use?

zed is built with axum.

The proof: [in package.json](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/14b7b0ef3764d62a85070c8b5ccea105a2ad3235/package.json)

### What database does zed use?

zed stores its data in Postgres.

The proof: [crates/collab/Cargo.toml, line 55](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/14b7b0ef3764d62a85070c8b5ccea105a2ad3235/crates/collab/Cargo.toml#L55)

### What services does zed use?

zed stores files in AWS S3 and connects to GitHub.

The proof: [crates/collab/src/api/extensions.rs, line 4](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/14b7b0ef3764d62a85070c8b5ccea105a2ad3235/crates/collab/src/api/extensions.rs#L4)

### Does zed have tests?

Yes. zed has 139 test files.

### Which repos have a stack like zed's?

The ones that share most of its stack: paperclipai/paperclip, Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF, and infiniflow/ragflow.

## 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.