Zed alternatives
Zed is listed in AI tools for coding. These 12 tools do similar work, sorted by how many feature tags they share with Zed.
| Tool | What it does | Pricing | Shared tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windsurf | An AI editor built around codebase context and working with an agent. | Free plan · Paid plans | Coding, IDE |
| Continue | An open AI coding assistant you can connect to models and context you choose. | Free | Coding, IDE |
| Gemini CLI | Google’s open-source AI agent that brings Gemini into your terminal. | Open source | Coding, Open source |
| Aider | AI pair programming in your terminal. | Open source | Coding, Open source |
| Cline | Open-source coding agent with Plan/Act modes and MCP support. | Open source | Coding, Open source |
| JetBrains Air | JetBrains’ system for building software with agents, including ACP agents. | See the official price | Coding, IDE |
| TRAE | An AI IDE from ByteDance that collaborates with you in your workflow. | See the official price | Coding, IDE |
| Kiro | An agentic IDE that turns prompts into specs and checks code correctness. | Free plan · Paid plans | Coding, IDE |
| OpenCode | The open-source AI coding agent, with free models included. | Open source | Coding, Open source |
| Cursor | Puts code editing, the terminal, and review in one workspace. | Free plan available | Coding |
| Lovable | Build and iterate a full web product through chat. | Free plan · Paid plans | Coding |
| v0 | Go from a prompt to an interface, code, and a deployable app. | Free plan · Paid plans | Coding |