Zed Editor also includes a Terminal Panel for running commands and scripts, an Assistant Panel for integrating large language models, and real-time collaboration features that require a GitHub account. The collaboration features include chat, screen sharing, and tracking of collaborators' cursors. The Zed Editor team has also introduced Zed AI in collaboration with Anthropic for assisting with coding. Additionally, the editor supports extensions and themes for further customization.
Key takeaways:
- Nathan Sobo, Max Brunsfeld, and Antonio Scandurra, all former Atom team members, launched a new startup called Zed, which developed an open-source code editor called "Zed Editor".
- Zed Editor, mainly written in Rust, offers features such as running in CLI, diagnosing project-wide errors, split panes, and markdown previews. It also has a user-friendly interface with important options laid out nicely.
- The editor includes an Assistant Panel that integrates various large language models, including Anthropic, GitHub Copilot Chat, Ollama, OpenAI, and Google AI. They recently introduced Zed AI in collaboration with Anthropic for assisting with coding.
- Zed Editor supports real-time collaboration features, allowing users to chat with others, add collaborators to projects, join calls with screen sharing, and track other collaborators' cursors. It also supports extensions and themes to extend its capabilities.