8 Top Zed Competitors & Alternatives 2025

Top Zed Competitors

Based on market analysis and competitive intelligence

Code

code.visualstudio.com

Direct Competitor

Microsoft's popular code editor with extensions

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Cursor

cursor.sh

Direct Competitor

AI-powered code editor built for productivity

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Jetbrains

jetbrains.com

Direct Competitor

IDE suite including IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm

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Sublimetext

sublimetext.com

Direct Competitor

Fast, lightweight code editor for developers

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Atom

atom.io

Indirect Competitor

GitHub's hackable text editor (now archived)

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Github

github.com

Indirect Competitor

GitHub's cloud development environment

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Neovim

neovim.io

Indirect Competitor

Modern Vim-based editor with extensibility

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Nova

nova.app

Indirect Competitor

Native Mac code editor by Panic

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