Fast, Rust-Based Zed Code Editor Finally Arrives on Windows

Zed, the “next-generation” code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter, has finally arrived on Windows. Zed is a quick, Rust-based general code editor with GPU acceleration that I first reviewed two years ago when it was MacOS only.

When I first reviewed Zed, I wondered when it would come to Windows. As a fundamental programming tool, a code editor has to work on as many systems as reasonably possible. A software developer cannot always choose their working or target platform, so they need reliable tools they can be sure will…