Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
A fast native editor with language servers and collaboration built in.
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| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zed | Full replacement | 91k | Other | Open source | No | Rust | v1.22.0 | 2026-10-06 |
| Lapce | Full replacement | 39k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Rust | v0.4.6 | 2026-10-06 |
| Pulsar | Full replacement | 4.2k | Other | Open source | No | JavaScript | v1.132.1 | 2026-10-05 |
| CudaText | Full replacement | 3.2k | MPL-2.0 | Open source | No | Python | 1.237.1.1 | 2026-10-06 |
| Notepad++ | Partial | 29k | Other | Open source | No | C++ | v8.9.8.1 | 2026-10-06 |
| Geany | Partial | 3.7k | GPL-2.0 | Open source | No | C | 2.1.0 | 2026-09-27 |
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6 alternatives
Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust
A fast native editor with modal editing, language servers and plugins.
- Language
- Rust
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 39k
- Latest
- v0.4.6
- Last push
- 2026-10-06
A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor
A hackable editor with packages and themes, continuing Atom.
- Language
- JavaScript
- Licence
- Other
- Stars
- 4.2k
- Latest
- v1.132.1
- Last push
- 2026-10-05
Cross-platform text editor, written in Free Pascal
Cross-platform editor with multiple carets, a minimap and Python plugins.
Notepad++ official repository
A fast native editor with plugins, on Windows only.
A fast and lightweight IDE
A lightweight GTK editor with build commands, symbol lists and plugins.
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