Zed alternatives in 2026: 24 tools like Zed

Closest: AI-Powered IDEs

Cursor

AI-native code editor

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Google Antigravity

Google's agentic development platform evolving the IDE into the agent-first era

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2 use thisCompare with Zed
Warp

AI-native terminal with inline AI, agentic workflows, and team collaboration

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1 use thisCompare with Zed
Devin Desktop

Agentic IDE and agent command center, formerly Windsurf

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Kiro

Amazon's AI IDE with spec-driven development — agents write and execute specs

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Trae

ByteDance's AI IDE with Builder mode, MCP support, and free frontier models

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OpenAI Codex

OpenAI's coding agent across cloud, CLI and IDE

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3 use thisCompare with Zed
Claude Code

Anthropic's agentic coding tool for terminal use

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2 use thisCompare with Zed
Amp

Sourcegraph's coding agent for CLI and VS Code with multi-repo codebase context

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Codebuff

Works in your terminal to help you write and deeply understand your code

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1 use thisCompare with Zed
Factory

Agent-native software development platform built around Droids

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1 use thisCompare with Zed
Mistral Vibe CLI

Command-line coding assistant powered by Mistral's open-weight models

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OpenCode

Open-source coding agent for terminal, IDE, and desktop

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1 use thisCompare with Zed
Prime Agent

Self-improving open-source agent harness from Prime Intellect

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GitHub Copilot

GitHub's coding assistant and agent across IDE, CLI and github.com

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1 use thisCompare with Zed
Amazon Q Developer

AWS coding assistant; AWS points IDE plugin users to Kiro

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Aristotle

AI agent that proves maths and code correct with Lean proofs

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Blackbox AI

Autonomous AI Coding Agent with integrated IDE

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CTO.new

Free AI coding agent

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Devin

Fully autonomous AI software engineer by Cognition

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Gemini Code Assist

Gemini-powered coding assistant integrating into VS Code, JetBrains, and the CLI

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JetBrains Junie

JetBrains' smart coding agent deeply integrated into IntelliJ-based IDEs

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Jules

Google's async AI coding agent that works independently on GitHub issues and PRs

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Kimi Code

Moonshot's coding agent with CLI, desktop and IDE plugin surfaces

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Questions

What are the closest alternatives to Zed?

Cursor, Google Antigravity and Warp sit on the same sub-line as Zed (AI-Powered IDEs) on AI Landscape, with 3 more.

How are these alternatives chosen?

They are the other products on the Coding Agents stop of the map: curated products first, the ones on Zed's sub-line before the rest, then by name until members have marked enough of them.