As of Jul 7, 2026, Zed routes about 8.4B tokens per day through OpenRouter — the #8 tracked AI coding tool by that measure.

When was Zed last updated?

The most recent tracked release is v1.11.0-pre on Jul 8, 2026. Its full changelog history is listed above.

What are the best alternatives to Zed?

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

ToolsZed Industries

Zed

homepage pricing changelog github

OpenRouter rank

of 16 tracked tools

Tokens / day

8.4B

snapshot Jul 7, 2026

Requests / day

79,821

OpenRouter, summed

Usage

OpenRouter token volume

latest Jul 7, 2026

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

8.4B on Jul 7, 2026

Pricing

Subscription plans

Latest captured subscription plans for Zed.
Plan	$/mo	Notes
Personal	—	For users who prefer to use their own keys/external agents. · Best-in-class code editor without AI capabilities
Pro	—	Two week free trial comes with $20 of token credits and unlimited accepted edit predictions. · Bills at API list price +10% for hosted usage after credits are exhausted. · Anthropic's Opus models are not available in the free trial, even though they are available in Zed Pro. · $5 token credits included monthly · Unlimited Edit Predictions
Business	—	Business seats don't bundle a fixed LLM credit allotment; usage billed at standard rates or via own API keys. · No free trial currently available; month-to-month plans are self-serve. · SSO, SAML, and SCIM are planned but not currently available. · No minimum seat count · Order form contracts available at 25+ seats

source: zed.dev/pricing

captured Jul 8, 2026

Change history

no plan changes detected yet — changes appear here the day the pricing page moves

Changelog

Releases

v1.11.0-prev1.11.0-pre
Jul 8, 2026
- This week's release includes ...
- ## Features
- ### AI
v1.10.0v1.10.0
Jul 8, 2026
- This week's release includes llama.cpp as a new language model provider, a new `git.inline_blame.location` setting to control where current-line blame is shown (inline or status bar), and disabling format-on-save by default, alongside the move of LLM providers, external agents, and MCP servers into the settings editor, plus a bunch of bug fixes.
- ## Features
- ### AI
v1.10.0-prev1.10.0-pre
Jul 1, 2026
- This week's release includes llama.cpp as a new language model provider, a new `git.inline_blame.location` setting to control where current-line blame is shown (inline or status bar), and disabling format-on-save by default, alongside the move of LLM providers, external agents, and MCP servers into the settings editor, plus a bunch of bug fixes.
- ## Features
- ### AI
v1.9.0v1.9.0
Jul 1, 2026
- This week's release adds Telescope-style resizable pickers with file and text finder previews (resolving [a request](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/8279) with 860 👍s), including a new search modal that previews results live as you type, opened via the `text finder: toggle` action in the command palette, plus search in the Agent Panel.
- ## Features
- ### AI
v1.9.0-prev1.9.0-pre
Jun 24, 2026
- This week's release adds Telescope-style resizable pickers with file and text finder previews (resolving [a request](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/8279) with 860 👍s), including a new search modal that previews results live as you type, opened via the `text finder: toggle` action in the command palette, plus search in the Agent Panel.
- ## Features
- ### AI
v1.8.2v1.8.2
Jun 24, 2026
- This week's release includes the ability to create a new worktree right from the sidebar's new-thread button, a new `agent.terminal_init_command` setting to automatically run a command when opening a new agent terminal thread, a `workspace: reset pane sizes` command to reset all panes to equal sizes, and new `editor: select inside delimiters` / `editor: select around delimiters` actions for expanding a selection through nested brackets and quotes.
- ## Features
- ### AI
v1.8.2-prev1.8.2-pre
Jun 22, 2026
- Fixed missed file system events on case-insensitive filesystems that could cause stale git state and other sync issues ([#59714](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59714))
- Fixed Copilot sign-in window floating above all other applications instead of being scoped to Zed ([#59701](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59701))
- acp: Fix for Cursor agent only being able to use Fast mode with Composer 2.5 ([#59695](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59695))
v1.8.0-prev1.8.0-pre
Jun 17, 2026
- This week's release includes the ability to create a new worktree right from the sidebar's new-thread button, a new `agent.terminal_init_command` setting to automatically run a command when opening a new agent terminal thread, a `workspace: reset pane sizes` command to reset all panes to equal sizes, and new `editor: select inside delimiters` / `editor: select around delimiters` actions for expanding a selection through nested brackets and quotes.
- ## Features
- ### AI
v1.7.2v1.7.2
Jun 17, 2026
- This week's release includes automatic agent context compaction that you can also trigger manually with the new `/compact` command, cleaner and more legible Markdown preview styling, and support for running custom git commands on git graph branches and tags.
- ## Features
- ### AI
v1.7.2-prev1.7.2-pre
Jun 12, 2026
- Fixed not being able to drag the settings UI window on macOS. ([#59216](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59216))
- Fixed an issue where the close button could overflow within a workspace error popup. ([#59186](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/59186))

source: zed.dev/releases/stable

latest Jul 8, 2026

Adoption

GitHub & package growth

GitHub stars

source: github.com/zed-industries/zed

86,645 stars · Jul 8, 2026

Package downloads/day

no package registry tracked for this entity

Community

Reddit pulse

30-day · to Jul 8, 2026

Mentions/day

Sentiment split

I improved the Markdown Previewer in Zedr/ZedEditor · 459 pts
Zed Editor Review (after using it for a couple of weeks)r/programming · 0 pts
r/ZedEditor - Zed Editor Review (after using it for a couple of weeks)r/ · — pts

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

latest Jul 8, 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
30	Qwen CodeAlibaba (Qwen)	6.7B	—	vs Zed
25	Zoo CodeZoo Code (community)	9B	—	vs Zed
31	CodebuffCodebuff	6.6B	—	vs Zed
33	OpenHandsAll Hands AI	6.2B	6186.6%	vs Zed

ranked by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity

snapshot Jul 7, 2026

FAQ

Zed FAQ

How popular is Zed?: As of Jul 7, 2026, Zed routes about 8.4B tokens per day through OpenRouter — the #8 tracked AI coding tool by that measure.
When was Zed last updated?: The most recent tracked release is v1.11.0-pre on Jul 8, 2026. Its full changelog history is listed above.
What are the best alternatives to Zed?: By OpenRouter usage, the closest alternatives are Qwen Code, Zoo Code, and Codebuff. Head-to-head comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

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