Zed is a

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and

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for

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and

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with support for extensions, and embedded version control with

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. Developed by Zed Industries, the people behind

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. Features include support for

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(LSP), and Model Context Protocol (MCP).

History

After

was discontinued in 2022, three key contributors created Zed, announcing it in 2023. In 2024 the project was open-sourced.

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