Zed

Fast Rust-built editor with collaborative AI features baked in.

Zed is one of 39 ai coding tools in the Tool Hut catalog. Track it alongside your other AI tools, see what it costs you each month, and resurface it when you forget you're paying for it.

• editor
• fast
• rust
• collaboration

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