Installing and Setting Up Zed

Install on Windows

winget install Zed.Zed

Install on macOS

brew install --cask zed

Install on Linux

Download the AppImage or .deb package from zed.dev for the latest release, or use the apt repository listed on the site for automatic updates.

First Run Setup

Launch Zed, sign in with a GitHub account, and your settings, keybindings and themes sync automatically. Open a folder with zed . to start working.

cd my-project
zed .

Key Points

• Use winget on Windows, brew on macOS, packages on Linux.
• Sign in with GitHub to sync settings.
• Open a project with zed .
• The base editor is free to use.