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What is Zed?

Zed is a next-generation code editor designed for high-performance collaboration with humans and AI. Created by the makers of Atom and Tree-sitter, Zed is written from scratch in Rust to efficiently leverage multiple CPU cores and your GPU, delivering an incredibly fast and responsive editing experience.

            🚀 Why Latest Versions Matter: Zed is rapidly evolving with new features like native debugging support, agentic editing, Git integration, and performance improvements in each release. Stay up-to-date to get the best editing experience.
        

🔥 Key Features of Zed

⚡ Blazing Fast

Written from scratch in Rust to efficiently leverage multiple CPU cores and your GPU. Experience instant startup and smooth 120fps scrolling.

🤝 Multiplayer Editing

Real-time collaboration built-in. Chat with teammates, write notes together, and share your screen and project seamlessly.

🤖 AI Integration

Integrate LLMs into your workflow with agentic editing, inline assistant, and edit prediction powered by the Zeta model.

🐛 Native Debugging

Built on the Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP) with native support for debugging across multiple programming languages.

🔧 Vim-Friendly

First-class modal editing via Vim bindings, including features like text objects, marks, and all your favorite motions.

🌐 Remote Development

Your machine only runs the Zed UI, while the actual codebase runs on a remote server for powerful cloud development.

📦 Installation from debian.griffo.io

Step 1: Add Repository

curl -sS https://debian.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | sudo gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/debian.griffo.io.gpg
echo "deb https://debian.griffo.io/apt $(lsb_release -sc 2>/dev/null) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.griffo.io.list
sudo apt update
                

curl -sS https://debian.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/debian.griffo.io.gpg
echo "deb https://debian.griffo.io/apt $(lsb_release -sc 2>/dev/null) main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.griffo.io.list
apt update
                

Step 2: Install Zed

sudo apt install zed

apt install zed

🎯 Getting Started with Zed

Launch Zed:

# Launch from terminal
zed

# Open a specific file
zed myfile.rs

# Open a directory
zed /path/to/project

# Open from command line and install CLI
zed --install-cli
        

Basic keyboard shortcuts:

# Command palette
Ctrl+Shift+P (or Cmd+Shift+P on macOS)

# Quick file search
Ctrl+P (or Cmd+P on macOS)

# Project-wide search
Ctrl+Shift+F (or Cmd+Shift+F on macOS)

# Toggle terminal
Ctrl+` (or Cmd+` on macOS)

# Multi-cursor editing
Alt+Click (or Option+Click on macOS)
        

Enable Vim mode:

# Open settings with Ctrl+, (or Cmd+, on macOS)
# Add to your settings.json:
{
    "vim_mode": true
}
        

🚀 Why Choose debian.griffo.io?

⚠️ Official Debian Lag: Official Debian repositories often don't include Zed or contain outdated versions, missing critical features, performance improvements, and the latest AI capabilities.

✅ Always Latest: Get the newest Zed releases immediately, not months later
✅ Automatic Updates: Packages updated within hours of upstream releases
✅ Proper Dependencies: Correctly packaged with all required dependencies
✅ Multi-Distribution: Works on Bookworm, Trixie, and Sid
✅ Zero Hassle: No manual compilation or complex setup required
✅ Multi-Architecture: Available for amd64 and arm64

📦 Package Build Repository

The Debian packages are automatically built and maintained in this GitHub repository:

⚡ zed-debian - Latest release builds

🔗 Related Packages

Also available from debian.griffo.io:

Zig Programming Language - Modern systems programming
ZLS Language Server - IDE support for Zig
Ghostty Terminal - Fast terminal emulator

            🎯 Perfect for: Modern software development, collaborative coding, AI-assisted programming, and anyone wanting a blazing-fast alternative to VS Code with better performance and native multiplayer support.
        

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