What is Zed Code Editor?
Zed is a free and open-source code editor for programmers, web developers, and software engineers. It is developed by the coding community using open-source technologies and funded through donations.
Zed provides support for hundreds of programming languages and markup languages. It has features like syntax highlighting, autocompletion, multiple cursors and selections,Bracket Pair Colorization, split editing, project-wide search and replace, a built-in terminal, GitHub integration, addons and customization through CSS and JS snippets.
Some of the major features of Zed include:
- Syntax highlighting for many languages including C, C++, Java, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON, HTML, CSS, PHP, Perl, Markdown, and SQL
- Intelligent code completion for functions, variables, parameters etc.
- Multiple cursor support for simultaneous editing
- Powerful search and replace across files or projects
- Split screen editing for multiple files
- Integrated terminal with full shell support
- GitHub integration for pushing and pulling code
- Extensive customizability with CSS and JavaScript snippets
- Cross-platform support for Linux, macOS and Windows
With a focus on performance and usability, Zed aims to provide programmers a fast and fluid code editing experience. Its minimal design coupled with the myriad features make it a great choice for software development.
Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, IntelliJ IDEA, Notepad++, Geany, Kate, VSCodium, GNU Emacs, EditPad Pro, Notepad3, CudaText, Code Review Bundle are some alternatives to Zed Code Editor.