Check its license. It has its own license: read it before using it for work.

Is zed still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release v1.27.0, 3 days ago.

Widely used. 94k stars, 5 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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How to install zed on Windows (zed-industries/zed) · gitmanual

How to install on Windows

zed-industries/zed

Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

Rust#gpui#rust-lang#text-editor#zed

Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
Stars: ★ 93,959
Activity: Updated this month
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Before you start

Is it free?: Check its licenseIt has its own license: read it before using it for work.
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release v1.27.0, 3 days ago.
Can I trust it?: Widely used94k stars, 5 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Start here

Website ↗zed.devThe project's own site.

Setup script in the repo

The maintainers included script/bootstrap.ps1. Run it from the cloned folder after reading it.

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\script\bootstrap.ps1

Also: script/bootstrap, script/install.sh, script/install-cmake, script/install-linux

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your Windows

A ready-made Windows download is in the latest release.

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v1.27.0 · 11/4/2026 ↗

Zed-x86_64.exe

exe · x64 · 64.8 MB · 71,821 downloads · best match

Download

Standalone executable — no install needed.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/download/v1.27.0/Zed-x86_64.exe" -OutFile "Zed-x86_64.exe"
Start-Process ".\Zed-x86_64.exe"

Other Windows downloads (3)

Zed-aarch64.exe

exe · ARM64 · 57.9 MB · 1,120 downloads

Download

Standalone executable — no install needed.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/download/v1.27.0/Zed-aarch64.exe" -OutFile "Zed-aarch64.exe"
Start-Process ".\Zed-aarch64.exe"

zed-remote-server-windows-x86_64.zip

zip · x64 · 36.4 MB · 174 downloads

Download

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/download/v1.27.0/zed-remote-server-windows-x86_64.zip" -OutFile "zed-remote-server-windows-x86_64.zip"
Expand-Archive "zed-remote-server-windows-x86_64.zip" -DestinationPath .

zed-remote-server-windows-aarch64.zip

zip · ARM64 · 34.6 MB · 99 downloads

Download

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/releases/download/v1.27.0/zed-remote-server-windows-aarch64.zip" -OutFile "zed-remote-server-windows-aarch64.zip"
Expand-Archive "zed-remote-server-windows-aarch64.zip" -DestinationPath .

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Parts list

1×Rust 1.98.1runtime
1×MinIO (S3) service

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Good to know

Cargo workspace — pick a crate with cargo run -p <name>.
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: crates/acp_thread/Cargo.toml, crates/acp_tools/Cargo.toml, crates/action_log/Cargo.toml, crates/activity_indicator/Cargo.toml and 11 more

Files we read (12)

.github/workflows/add_commented_closed_issue_to_project.yml

.github/workflows/after_release.yml

.github/workflows/compliance_check.yml

.github/workflows/extension_tests.yml

.github/workflows/nix_build.yml

.github/workflows/run_tests.yml

CONTRIBUTING.md

Cargo.toml

Procfile

README.md

compose.yml

rust-toolchain.toml

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