The popular open-source code editor, Zed, has just reached version 1.0. According to the team behind the project, this doesn’t mean that the editor is “done” or “perfect”, but rather that it has reached a tipping point where developers can comfortably start using it. It says if you tried Zed in the last year or two and found it lacking, you should try it again now as it’s more capable and performant than ever.
With this 1.0 update, Zed now supports DeepSeek-V4-Pro and DeepSeek-V4-Flash, which were released recently. It also includes session-persistent bookmarks and enhanced Git command-line integration.
Another notable improvement with this version is that there is more platform parity for Windows and Linux users, compared to macOS with fixes for Alt-tab focus glitches on Windows and X11 spacebar input on Linux. This update also resolved visual issues for Vim-mode users including flickering during motions and clipboard overwrites during visual selection pastes.
While this update does bring many new features, it has also removed preferred_line_length in favor of bounded soft wrapping. This is a breaking change that could hinder users with specific display preferences.
As a bit of background for those who don’t know, Zed was actually created by three contributors to the Atom text editor, as part of GitHub. Atom was discontinued in 2022 in favor of Visual Studio Code. Since its open-sourcing in 2024, the Rust-written code editor has received $32 million in funding from Sequoia Capital. While the editor itself is free, users have the option to pay to use some of the AI features.
If you have Zed already, press the menu button in the top-left and then press check for updates. Otherwise, head to the Zed website where you can download the editor.
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