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Crush vs Zed
Live matchup data for Crush and Zed: OpenRouter usage, pricing, benchmark scores, and community sentiment, refreshed daily. No verdicts — read the tape.
usage — openrouter daily tokens
Usage crossover
current leader: Zed
source: OpenRouter app rankings · daily · 90d
through Aug 20, 2026
side by side
Spec & pricing
| Spec | Crush | Zed |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Charm | Zed Industries |
| Homepage | github.com | zed.dev |
| GitHub | charmbracelet/crush | zed-industries/zed |
| Package | @charmland/crush | — |
| Subscription plans | — |
snapshot Aug 12, 2026 |
| Latest plan change | — | Zed plans changed: Personal limits changed; Pro limits changed; Business limits changed detected Aug 12, 2026 |
| GitHub stars | 27,543 | 88,976 |
| Pkg downloads/day | 0 | — |
| Latest release | nightly · 3 d ago | v1.17.0-pre · 3 d ago |
sources: provider pages · OpenRouter · GitHub · package registries
— = not tracked / not applicable
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Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Crush | Zed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
no benchmark results tracked yet for this pair — boards ingest daily | |||
best tracked score per benchmark · scores are not directly comparable across benchmarks
sources linked per row
community pulse
Reddit sentiment
| Signal | Crush | Zed |
|---|---|---|
| Mentions (30d) | 265 | 272 |
| Positive share | 6.4% | 23.9% |
| Negative share | 7.2% | 12.5% |
| Net sentiment | -0.8% | +11.4% |
| 30d trend |
source: Reddit mentions, LLM-classified sentiment · trailing 30d
through Aug 21, 2026
faq
Frequently asked
- Is Crush more used than Zed?
- As of Aug 20, 2026, Crush shows 2B tokens/day through OpenRouter-tracked apps and Zed shows 19.5B tokens/day through OpenRouter-tracked apps. The chart above tracks the full daily series with every lead change marked.
- How does Crush pricing compare to Zed?
- Zed tracked plans: Personal, Pro, Business. Full plan and per-token detail is in the spec table above, each with its source and capture date.
- How do Crush and Zed score on coding benchmarks?
- No benchmark results are tracked for either yet; public boards are ingested daily and results appear here as they land.
- Where does this comparison data come from?
- OpenRouter public rankings (usage), provider pricing pages (plans and per-token prices), GitHub and package registries (adoption), public benchmark leaderboards, and Reddit (sentiment). Every stored datum keeps its source URL, and the tape refreshes daily. The Token Tape publishes the data without declaring a winner.
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