As of Aug 20, 2026, Zed routes about 19.5B tokens per day through OpenRouter — the #8 tracked AI coding tool by that measure. Its OpenRouter volume moved +25.6% over the last 7 days.

When was Zed last updated?

The most recent tracked release is v1.17.0-pre on Aug 19, 2026. Its full changelog history is listed above.

What are the best alternatives to Zed?

By OpenRouter usage, the closest alternatives are Cursor, Zoo Code, and OpenHands. Head-to-head comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

ToolsZed Industries

Zed

homepage pricing changelog github

OpenRouter rank

of 15 tracked tools

Tokens / day

19.5B25.6%

snapshot Aug 20, 2026

Requests / day

132,907

OpenRouter, summed

Usage

OpenRouter token volume

latest Aug 20, 2026

source: OpenRouter app rankings · summed across the tool's apps · daily

19.5B on Aug 20, 2026

Pricing

Subscription plans

Latest captured subscription plans for Zed.
Plan	$/mo	Notes
Personal	—	For users who want a best-in-class code editor without AI capabilities, or who prefer to use their own keys/external agents.
Pro	—	Comes with Zed hosted models out of the box and unlimited Edit Predictions. · Two week free trial includes $20 of token credits and unlimited accepted edit predictions. · Claude Fable, Claude Opus, and GPT Pro models are not available during the free trial. · Billed at API list price +10% for hosted usage beyond included credits. · Billing occurs at end of month or for every additional $10 incurred, whichever comes first. · Users can set a spending cap. · $20 of token credits during the two week free trial · $5 token credits included monthly (implied)
Business	—	Org-level layer adding admin controls over AI features, data sharing, and unified billing. · No minimum seat count; self-serve for organizations of any size. · Month-to-month plans available to everyone. · Order form contracts available at 25+ seats via sales@zed.dev. · No free trial currently offered for Business. · SSO, SAML, and SCIM are planned but not currently available.

source: zed.dev/pricing

captured Aug 12, 2026

Change history

Aug 12, 2026
Zed plans changed: Personal limits changed; Pro limits changed; Business limits changed
source

Changelog

Releases

v1.17.0-prev1.17.0-pre
Aug 19, 2026
- This week's release includes tabular data previews for CSV, TSV, PSV, and SSV files with sortable and resizable columns, value-based row filtering, and right-click copying; new Git blame and stashing actions; and lower memory use when opening large files.
- ## Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️
- Added support for low reasoning effort for DeepSeek V4 Flash and V4 Pro. ([#62577](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62577); thanks [lingyaochu](https://github.com/lingyaochu))
v1.16.1v1.16.1
Aug 19, 2026
- This week's release includes Gemini 3.6 Flash support, collapsible grouped changes and optional stash messages in the Git Panel, zooming and horizontal scrolling for Mermaid diagrams, and a new setting for controlling whether the Terminal Panel opens automatically in new workspaces.
- ## Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️
- Improved Git Panel organization by making grouped change sections collapsible. ([#62441](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62441); thanks [chirivelli](https://github.com/chirivelli))
v1.15.1v1.15.1
Aug 18, 2026
- Fixed an issue where the Cursor ACP agent would fail to start ([#62825](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62825))
- Git: Fixed the GPG passphrase modal appearing on every commit for users whose configured pinentry (e.g. pinentry-mac with the macOS Keychain) can supply the passphrase without Zed's help. Zed now only prompts when gpg cannot obtain the passphrase on its own. ([#62783](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62783))
- Fixed array merging for extensions case ([#62722](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62722))
v1.16.1-prev1.16.1-pre
Aug 18, 2026
- Fixed an issue where the Cursor ACP agent would fail to start ([#62826](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62826))
- Added git_gutter_width setting to the Settings UI with default (font-size-scaled) and custom (fixed pixel width) options ([#62813](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62813))
- Git: Fixed the GPG passphrase modal appearing on every commit for users whose configured pinentry (e.g. pinentry-mac with the macOS Keychain) can supply the passphrase without Zed's help. Zed now only prompts when gpg cannot obtain the passphrase on its own. ([#62782](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62782))
v1.16.0-prev1.16.0-pre
Aug 12, 2026
- This week's release includes Gemini 3.6 Flash support, collapsible grouped changes and optional stash messages in the Git Panel, zooming and horizontal scrolling for Mermaid diagrams, and a new setting for controlling whether the Terminal Panel opens automatically in new workspaces.
- ## Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️
- Improved Git Panel organization by making grouped change sections collapsible. ([#62441](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62441); thanks [chirivelli](https://github.com/chirivelli))
v1.15.0v1.15.0
Aug 12, 2026
- This week's release includes a new `git.diff_base` setting for choosing whether editor gutters, file-status colors, and `git: diff` show uncommitted changes against `HEAD` or all current-branch changes against the default branch's merge base, plus support for dragging files from the Project Panel to external apps on macOS and Linux Wayland; web developers also get linked editing for custom elements in JSX and TSX and Emmet completions in return and arrow-function bodies.
- ## Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️
- Added support for dragging files from the Project Panel to external macOS apps. ([#58161](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58161); thanks [notJoon](https://github.com/notJoon))
v1.15.0-prev1.15.0-pre
Aug 5, 2026
- This week's release includes a new `git.diff_base` setting for choosing whether editor gutters, file-status colors, and `git: diff` show uncommitted changes against `HEAD` or all current-branch changes against the default branch's merge base, plus support for dragging files from the Project Panel to external apps on macOS and Linux Wayland; web developers also get linked editing for custom elements in JSX and TSX and Emmet completions in return and arrow-function bodies.
- ## Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️
- Added support for dragging files from the Project Panel to external macOS apps. ([#58161](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/58161); thanks [notJoon](https://github.com/notJoon))
v1.14.2v1.14.2
Aug 5, 2026
- This week's release includes sandboxing for the Agent's terminal commands and web fetches ([check the blog post](https://zed.dev/blog/sandboxing)), support for undoing and redoing file operations in the Project Panel ([documentation](https://zed.dev/docs/project-panel#undo-and-redo)), a Skip Hooks option for commits, and configurable Agent Panel fonts.
- ## Shipped by the Zed Guild 🛡️
- Terminal: Fixed processes being left alive when the terminal was closed. ([#61467](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61467); thanks [feitreim](https://github.com/feitreim))
v1.13.2v1.13.2
Aug 2, 2026
- Fixed Option+Left stopping to the left of punctuation between words Video URL: https://files.catbox.moe/8d5g2t.mp4 ([#62065](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62065))
- Fixed a panic when selections are added by tab-expanded column ([#62063](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62063))
- Fixed Gruvbox parameter colors ([#61987](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61987))
v1.14.2-prev1.14.2-pre
Aug 2, 2026
- Fixed Option+Left stopping to the left of punctuation between words Video URL: https://files.catbox.moe/8d5g2t.mp4 ([#62064](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62064))
- Fixed a panic when selections are added by tab-expanded column ([#62062](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/62062))
- Fixed hang when the Zed Agent runs a `git` command with a pager configured. ([#61999](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61999))

source: zed.dev/releases/stable

latest Aug 19, 2026

Adoption

GitHub & package growth

GitHub stars

source: github.com/zed-industries/zed

88,976 stars · Aug 21, 2026

Package downloads/day

no package registry tracked for this entity

Community

Reddit pulse

30-day · to Aug 21, 2026

Mentions/day

Sentiment split

I love the attempt and the goal, but Zed really isn't itr/ZedEditor · 78 pts
I have found a way of running Zed Editor in cloud and accessing it from my browserr/ZedEditor · 0 pts
I am looking for feedback on my hard fork of zed -> dez (v 0.5)r/ · — pts

source: Reddit mentions across coding subreddits · sentiment auto-classified

latest Aug 21, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark results

Benchmark scores for Zed.
Benchmark	Configuration	Score	Date	Source
no benchmark results attributed to Zed yet

scores as published by each benchmark; configurations differ — compare within a row's benchmark only

Alternatives

Similar tools

Alternatives to Zed by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity.
#	Tool	Tokens/day	7d Δ	Head-to-head
23	CursorAnysphere	21.8B	47.8%	vs Zed
30	Zoo CodeZoo Code (community)	14B	48.4%	vs Zed
15	OpenHandsAll Hands AI	41.7B	117.6%	vs Zed
38	Z CodeZ.ai	10.3B	54.3%	vs Zed

ranked by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity

snapshot Aug 20, 2026

FAQ

Zed FAQ

How popular is Zed?: As of Aug 20, 2026, Zed routes about 19.5B tokens per day through OpenRouter — the #8 tracked AI coding tool by that measure. Its OpenRouter volume moved +25.6% over the last 7 days.
When was Zed last updated?: The most recent tracked release is v1.17.0-pre on Aug 19, 2026. Its full changelog history is listed above.
What are the best alternatives to Zed?: By OpenRouter usage, the closest alternatives are Cursor, Zoo Code, and OpenHands. Head-to-head comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

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