Awesome Zed

A curated list of awesome things related to the Zed IDE.

A high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. This list aims to be a central hub for community-created themes, extensions, tools, and other resources.

Contents

• AI Integrations
• Articles & Tutorials
• Configuration Examples
• Extensions
• Themes
• Tools
• Videos
• Contributing

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AI Integrations

• Awesome MCP Servers - A curated list of servers that use the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to give AI models access to external tools.
• Sol / CORE - An AI integration that provides a persistent, cross-application memory graph to your Zed assistant via MCP.

Articles & Tutorials

• Easy Telescope-style file finder in Zed - A community-led discussion and guide for implementing a Telescope-like fuzzy file finder in Zed.
• Official Zed Documentation - The best place to start for installation, configuration, and features.
• Swift + Zed = ❤️ - A guide for setting up a Swift development workflow in the Zed editor.
• The Ultimate Zed Editor Setup Guide for Rails and React Development - A guide for setting up a Rails and React development workflow in the Zed editor.
• Zed Documentation - Getting Started - The official guide to getting started with Zed.
• Zed is Now Open Source - The official blog post announcing the move to open source and what it means for the community.
• Zed: Learn Everything About the Open-Source Code Editor Built in Rust - A comprehensive overview of Zed's features, performance, and collaborative capabilities.

Configuration Examples

• Default settings.json - A comprehensive file with all default settings to use as a reference.
• joelazar's configuration - joelazar's Zed configuration, keymaps configured to be similar to LazyVim

Extensions

• BasedPyright - Python type checking and language server support via Pyright.
• Codebook Spell Checker - A code-aware spell checker built in Rust.
• Live Server - A local development server with live reload feature.
• Material Icon Theme - The official Material Icon Theme for Zed.

Themes

• Catppuccin - Soothing pastel theme for the high-performance Zed code editor.
• Everforest - A port of the green-based Everforest color scheme.
• Synthwave '84 - A port of the popular Synthwave '84 theme from VS Code.
• zed-themes.com - A gallery to visually preview and discover themes for Zed.

Tools

• GitHub Actions Extension - An extension to get LSP support for GitHub Actions workflow files.
• Terminal Trove - A curated list of powerful and productive terminal-based applications.
• Zed Extension CLI - The official command-line tool for creating and managing Zed extensions.
• zedtutor - An interactive tutorial to learn the Zed IDE by doing.

Videos

• Starting Zed Blazing fast code editor IDE? - A simple introduction to getting started with the Zed editor and its basic functionality.
• [Workshop] MCP and Zed IDE | Guide on how to build your own MCP Server! - A workshop on building an MCP server to extend Zed's functionality with custom commands.
• Why I Switched to Zed after 15 years of Vim - An overview of the Zed code editor for Vim users by Jack Kinsella of Semicolon & Sons.
• Zed + MCP Servers - Demonstrates how to add and configure Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers within the Zed IDE.

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see the contributing guidelines for more information.

License

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