# Zed (Zed Industries)

Feedback Bench, coding agents, built 2026-10-19, window 2026-08-31 to 2026-10-18. Web page: https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/#/agent/zed

| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank | 8 of 17 (rank range 8–10) |
| Feedback Score | 48.7 (95% interval 47.4–50.1) |
| Popularity | 0.541 (share of voice 1.50%) |
| Customer love | 0.507 (95% interval 0.496–0.519) |
| Place | Popularity 9th of 17 × Customer love 8th of 17 |
| Top quadrant | yes, at the edge |
| Users | 2404 |
| Posts counted | 4072 |
| Posts that judge the agent | 1301 |
| Criteria ranking high / low | 2 / 4 of 63 |

## The brief

Written by large language models from this page's numbers and the posts it quotes, then checked: every number in the text is in the build. Interpretation, not measurement.

Zed is a fast, light editor, but many users find its interface and setup frustrating. People choose it because it responds at once, uses little memory and rarely gets in the way. It ranks 1st of 13 on reliability. The interface pulls it down most. It makes up 25% of what its users rate, against 12% for other agents, and users rate it worse than the category norm. Setup problems and missing features, such as git tools, pull it down further. It sits 8th of 17 overall. No head-to-head comparisons with other agents appeared in this window.

### Why people choose it

- **Fast, light and stable in daily use** ([Reliability](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/reliability.md)). 1st: of 13 on “Reliability”. 18% of what users rate. Users describe an editor that does not make them wait after a click, uses little memory and CPU, and has less input lag than VS Code. Several call it a lighter replacement for VS Code. Some are surprised that such a new application is this stable.
  Evidence:
  - 2026-10-11, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “i never saw their marketing, zed is fast. when i click there is no waiting. i have enough memory, so i don't care about 1 or 3gb.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1x354w5/i_profiled_zed_memory_usage_and_heres_what_it/pf7xemw/)
  - 2026-10-04, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “thank you for taking my suggestions into account. i’m very surprised at how stable the application is for being so new.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1wlqx62/dbdelve_db_client_made_in_gpui/pdunsfs/)

### Why people leave

- **Interface gaps and small display bugs** ([Interface](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/interface.md)). 2.1×: 25% of what users rate, 2.1× the rate for other agents. Ranks 12th of 14 on “Interface”. Posts describe tooltips that stay on screen, a command palette that does not fill in the selected text, and an agent panel that is hard to move. Users miss VS Code features such as the git tab. Some say agent output looks worse than in other apps.
  Evidence:
  - 2026-10-05, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “i basically want it to look more like vscode. ctrl shift f for example the git tab the rolling mini view window etc vscode has many issues, but a lot of good qol that zed just doesn't have” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1wydtin/gimme_your_gripes/pe1tzza/)
  - 2026-10-09, @zeddotdev (X): “why does zed acp looks so bad for me? can't it show the same output as i'd see in claude code app for example? @zeddotdev help [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/2038971232297590785/status/2108511053214560622)
- **Setup and plugins take extra work** ([Setup](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/setup.md)). 1.6×: 20% of what users rate, 1.6× the rate for other agents. Ranks 10th of 12 on “Setup”. Users describe errors when they add model providers, a smaller plugin ecosystem than VS Code's, and sign-ins that are lost between launches. Some Intel Mac users say newer features are not available to them.
  Evidence:
  - 2026-10-13, @zeddotdev (X): “@jksully313 @zeddotdev its been a few months since i last tried so i don’t remember all the small anoyences, but a major issue is that vs code has a much better plugin ecosystem, which is hard for me to migrate away from” [source](https://twitter.com/1785442604173185024/status/2110055404504043604)
  - 2026-10-06, @zeddotdev (X): “yo, i always have to sign back in to oai each time i relaunch @zeddotdev” [source](https://twitter.com/906146874/status/2107300898577793326)
- **Missing features, such as git tools, limit its work** ([Quality of work](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.md)). 11th: of 14 on “Quality of work”. 14% of what users rate. Users say the git tools are thin and the version control tab does not keep up with changes. They also report missing Jupyter notebook support and Python indentation problems. Some say parallel agent runs leave behind branches that are hard to sort out.
  Evidence:
  - 2026-10-02, @zeddotdev (X): “zed editor version control tab isn't reflecting anything i do with git or files i had to close @zeddotdev every time i wanna see the changes looks like i'm gonna move on to other git clients” [source](https://twitter.com/1438027555219509253/status/2106062439238549939)
  - 2026-10-10, @zeddotdev (X): “@adocomplete @erikdao @zeddotdev the one feature zed is missing is full jupyter notebook support. hope they will add soon.” [source](https://twitter.com/41895002/status/2109068938130903480)

### What would move its score

Rule: For each area where an agent's customer love is below the category norm: the Feedback Score and rank it would have if that one area were at the norm (0.5) and everything else stayed the same, computed with the same formula as the ranking. An area's pull follows its weight, so an area many users of the category rate moves the score more than one they rarely mention.

| Area at the category norm | Feedback Score | Change | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doing the work | 49.8 | +1.1 | 8th of 17 |
| Interface and sessions | 49.2 | +0.4 | 8th of 17 |
| Setting up and connecting | 49.1 | +0.4 | 8th of 17 |
| Checking and finishing | 48.7 | +0.0 | 8th of 17 |
| Account and support | 48.7 | +0.0 | 8th of 17 |
| Instructing and context | 48.7 | +0.0 | 8th of 17 |

Quality of work would move the Feedback Score most. Brought to the category norm, it would raise the score from 48.7 to 49.8 (+1.1). Interface and setup would each add 0.4. No single area would lift Zed above 8th place, so none moves it far.

### Six weeks

Weekly users started at 385, peaked at 733 in the week of 2026-09-21 and ended at 311. Grok 4.7, Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Sol and Luna launched that week. Share of voice stayed at 1 to 2%; rank stayed 8th to 10th.

## Top requests

What users ask to add or change, most asked first. 712 user-weeks ask for something. Requests do not change the Feedback Score. Rule: A separate pass by a large language model reads every counted post and extracts what the user asks the agent or its vendor to add or change, with the criteria it maps to and a short normalised wording; it does not touch the labels or the Feedback Score. A large language model groups the wordings within each criterion (the first criterion the request maps to) into themes, and a second pass merges themes that ask for the same change under different criteria; a merged theme sits under the criterion most of its requests map to, and code counts it once. A theme counts distinct user-weeks that ask for it, per agent; across agents, one user-week per agent. Themes asked in fewer than 2 user-weeks, and requests that share no theme, are not shown. Examples: up to 3 posts per theme from different users, without slurs: whole posts of 60 to 450 characters with at least 8 words beyond handles and links, posts of at most 280 characters first, then the newest.

| Rank | Request | Criterion | User-weeks | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude subscription usable in third-party harnesses | [Using an existing subscription across tools](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/billing.subscription_portability.md) | 16 | 17 |
| 2 | Jupyter notebook support | [IDE and editor integration](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/setup.ide_integration.md) | 15 | 16 |
| 3 | Markdown rendering and preview | [How the interface shows work, and what the user can configure](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/ui.display_settings.md) | 15 | 16 |
| 4 | Remote SSH development | [Mobile, remote-control and voice access](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/surfaces.remote_mobile.md) | 14 | 15 |
| 5 | Custom OpenAI-compatible provider endpoints | [Connecting own API keys, local models and custom endpoints](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/setup.provider_byok_local.md) | 13 | 15 |
| 6 | Integrated git panel | [Git commits, branches and sync](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.git_workflow.md) | 13 | 15 |
| 7 | Detachable panels and multi-window support | [How the interface shows work, and what the user can configure](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/ui.display_settings.md) | 11 | 13 |
| 8 | Built-in debugger | [IDE and editor integration](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/setup.ide_integration.md) | 11 | 11 |
| 9 | Per-feature toggles to disable AI features | [How the interface shows work, and what the user can configure](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/ui.display_settings.md) | 11 | 11 |
| 10 | Richer editor extension and UI API | [MCP servers, plugins, skills and hooks](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/setup.extensions_mcp.md) | 11 | 11 |
| 11 | Agent Client Protocol support | [MCP servers, plugins, skills and hooks](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/setup.extensions_mcp.md) | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | Multi-provider model support | [Which models are offered on a plan and when](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.catalog_access.md) | 9 | 9 |

### 1. Claude subscription usable in third-party harnesses

- Zed, 2026-10-17, @zeddotdev (X): “please update this ! @zeddotdev claude code coming soon subscrition please [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1571253870206009344/status/2111533473089352121)
- Zed, 2026-10-15, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev when can we get anthropic subscription support in delta?” [source](https://twitter.com/1793662836536995840/status/2110729302954397868)
- Zed, 2026-10-12, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “i see that delta is in beta and the acp support is in their roadmap. having a claude subscription i'd really like to try it but i can't right now since acp is still not in their beta. do you know if there is an alpha version to try? thanks” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1x3v7yr/really_excited_to_try_deltadev_by_zed_is_there/)

### 2. Jupyter notebook support

- Zed, 2026-10-10, @zeddotdev (X): “@adocomplete @erikdao @zeddotdev the one feature zed is missing is full jupyter notebook support. hope they will add soon.” [source](https://twitter.com/41895002/status/2109068938130903480)
- Zed, 2026-10-08, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev smooth scrolling: missing jupyter notebook: missing roadmap: 1 year old. intact” [source](https://twitter.com/1869047150795223040/status/2108180456755917179)
- Zed, 2026-09-27, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “i don't know how many of you use zed for running jupyter notebooks - so many issues and vs code support is much better.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1wr5qmt/jupyter_notebook_support_in_zed_is_not_good/)

### 3. Markdown rendering and preview

- Zed, 2026-10-16, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev @ollama currently it doesn't support previewing files like markdown or html.” [source](https://twitter.com/2959524282/status/2111192959635145067)
- Zed, 2026-09-25, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev what i'd love in zed: 1. custom css or an extension api for the preview 2. reading-first typography: serif body, max line width 3. mermaid diagrams, themed to match 4. code blocks in the editor's syntax theme 5. open .md rendered by default, toggle to source in place” [source](https://twitter.com/910155404415553536/status/2103529716368208300)
- Zed, 2026-09-25, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev is there a setting to open markdown files in preview mode by default? i know it’s becoming more of a reader than an editor, but the times, they are a-changin’... 😉” [source](https://twitter.com/227082556/status/2103388052270067949)

### 4. Remote SSH development

- Zed, 2026-10-10, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev we need remote server support and we are going to migrate to delta” [source](https://twitter.com/1132641214321307648/status/2108950673098199107)
- Zed, 2026-09-25, @zeddotdev (X): “@jordanrstout @maria_rcks @theo true, @zeddotdev team needs to work on their ssh support, other than that, love the editor” [source](https://twitter.com/4005510620/status/2103458665705644054)
- Zed, 2026-09-22, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev any plans to introduce working with remote projects in delta? currently find myself switching to herdr just for that.” [source](https://twitter.com/1049200051178885120/status/2102481549170188314)

### 5. Custom OpenAI-compatible provider endpoints

- Zed, 2026-09-29, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev it would be cool if i can connect to [link] as provider” [source](https://twitter.com/1925398929904214019/status/2104758506608037985)
- Zed, 2026-09-28, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev can openai-compatible provider ship in v0.18? this is a highly important feature 🙏.” [source](https://twitter.com/1764487903080853504/status/2104566097265713543)
- Zed, 2026-09-25, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev delta is goood like really good just need custom provider” [source](https://twitter.com/1261173216455712768/status/2103520442594332993)

### 6. Integrated git panel

- Zed, 2026-10-14, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev yet you can’t filter by branch/author/date in the git graph” [source](https://twitter.com/2060822033387139076/status/2110439312676593896)
- Zed, 2026-10-09, @zeddotdev (X): “zed is fast. the only thing i'm missing from vs code is the git interface. it's there, but it's just not the same. the vs code one was more useful for some reason. @zeddotdev” [source](https://twitter.com/1580952441259892738/status/2108425625136701505)
- Zed, 2026-10-08, @zeddotdev (X): “@liamhammett i am slowly moving to @zeddotdev i have pred a bunch of missing features (mostly git related). until these get merged i am using a custom build created locally on a branch that has all my open and closed prs and its been working great for me.” [source](https://twitter.com/1326389321046298624/status/2108168713245741522)

### 7. Detachable panels and multi-window support

- Zed, 2026-10-14, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev not many people are using ide, make agent windows” [source](https://twitter.com/1678381213/status/2110428353706803576)
- Zed, 2026-10-05, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “sure, i guess it works, but it does limit what you can do. eg what if ie ant to move only the agent window? it is better than what zed allows, though. i’ll try it out!” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1wydtin/gimme_your_gripes/pe2u0wn/)
- Zed, 2026-09-30, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “in vs code i could simply have multiple windows on different worktrees, i am struggling doing it easily in zed and thats a big deal for me” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1wo7jua/what_do_you_think_is_missing_in_zed_editor/pczw2bx/)

### 8. Built-in debugger

- Zed, 2026-10-05, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “debug must use the terminal tab instead of its own local terminal git features on git graph - checkout, stash, create, delete, rebase, simplified graph (branches only; not commits)” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1wydtin/gimme_your_gripes/pe2hw09/)
- Zed, 2026-10-03, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “debugging normal tests works but the browser ones never stop on breaks” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1wwryk2/how_to_debug_browser_vitests_tests/)
- Zed, 2026-09-25, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev @uncannylukas compound debugger runs would help a lot for monorepo setups. for me it is the only reason i still open vscode when inspecting certain issues” [source](https://twitter.com/993113153255899136/status/2103429024932651417)

### 9. Per-feature toggles to disable AI features

- Zed, 2026-10-16, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev can you please make it possible to specify which ai features i want enabled / disabled.” [source](https://twitter.com/3398535657/status/2111169658686468353)
- Zed, 2026-09-25, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev feature request: is it possible to partially disable ai feature? i need to disable ai features except the edit prediction. i really like zed's edit prediction feature.” [source](https://twitter.com/42179249/status/2103590820553294064)
- Zed, 2026-09-25, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev can u folks include a setting for disabling editor features also and focus on just diffs? that way memory usage is lower and can be used for review of ai code which is what most developers do now a days.” [source](https://twitter.com/736168608334635009/status/2103468672073519456)

### 10. Richer editor extension and UI API

- Zed, 2026-10-15, r/cursor (Reddit): “if zed just gets better extension support its game over. i still write enough of my own code i like my extensions and drift back and forth to vscode editors. otherwise zed is perfect” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1x65v6o/great_time_for_competitors_to_step_in/pgt9t96/)
- Zed, 2026-10-14, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev can you add plugins though like actual plugins, extendible ui, etc.” [source](https://twitter.com/1884855692630093824/status/2110192849832866165)
- Zed, 2026-10-05, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “i don't care for any of the ai features in zed or vscode, that's what my highly capable and configurable cli is for. what i do want is a capable text editor, for me the lack of extensions is holding me back from using zed.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1wydtin/gimme_your_gripes/pe41chu/)

### 11. Agent Client Protocol support

- Zed, 2026-10-16, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev great!! please, when is opencode v2.0 coming to acp registry” [source](https://twitter.com/1268137565993000961/status/2111126594999775360)
- Zed, 2026-09-02, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev's delta is the most unique, yet (on the surface) the simplest coding agent orchestrator i've used. it's so beautiful, i'm such a big fan. my only issue is i can't continue using it unless they support acp like they do on zed.” [source](https://twitter.com/1801018634602479616/status/2095290435250126910)
- Zed, 2026-09-30, @zeddotdev (X): “@googledeepmind @officiallogank congrats on the model launch! excited to try this out. i wish you all officially supported acp though so i could use this in my editor (zed). if y'all are open to it, i'd be willing to help and i'm sure the @zeddotdev and @jetbrains teams would too.” [source](https://twitter.com/336548480/status/2105408203303669902)

### 12. Multi-provider model support

- Zed, 2026-10-14, r/cursor (Reddit): “when i found out i could connect zed to my claude pro subscription without triggering api costs cursor got uninstalled. i want model agnostic ide so i can choose my model provider without ux locking.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1x65v6o/great_time_for_competitors_to_step_in/pgshzm4/)
- Zed, 2026-10-09, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “is there anyway to use superman or ollama cloud for autocomplete? i have tried ways the search engines have recommended, yet no success. code completion does not work for me 😢” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1x1nyyv/is_there_anyway_to_use_superman_or_ollama_cloud/)
- Zed, 2026-09-23, @zeddotdev (X): “@1kartikkabadi1 @zeddotdev yes i really like delta, but their harness is so bad. wanna be able to use claude, codex and cursor!” [source](https://twitter.com/1465255410546450435/status/2102871976411041968)

## Ranks highest on

Latency, throughput and fast mode (2nd of 10), Client crashes, freezes and failed tool execution (3rd of 11)

## Ranks lowest on

IDE and editor integration (6th of 7), Can do the user's kind of task (10th of 13), MCP servers, plugins, skills and hooks (8th of 9)

Position on a criterion: its place among the agents with at least 30 rated user-weeks there, ordered by customer love. It ranks high when both its position and its 95% interval put it in the top half, low when both put it in the bottom half; neither otherwise, or when fewer than 4 agents qualify.

## All 63 criteria

Criterion love: 0.5 is the category norm. n: rated user-weeks.

### Paying and limits: 8th of 13 (customer love 0.517, n 45)

Users rarely bring up pricing or limits: 4.5% of what they rate, against 32.2% for other agents. When they do, customer love is at the category norm.

| Criterion | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [How much use a plan's price buys](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/limits.plan_value.md) | Too few posts | 0.500 | 0.489–0.512 | 14 | 5 | 9 |
| [Free tier and free model availability and limits](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/billing.free_tier.md) | Too few posts | 0.502 | 0.494–0.510 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| [Single prompt, model or effort level consumes disproportionate quota](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/limits.burn_rate.md) | Too few posts | 0.507 | 0.497–0.519 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| [Using an existing subscription across tools](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/billing.subscription_portability.md) | Too few posts | 0.498 | 0.490–0.507 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| [Price, allowance or plan terms changed](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/limits.allowance_change.md) | Too few posts | 0.498 | 0.495–0.500 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| [Usage meter visibility and accuracy](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/limits.usage_meter.md) | Too few posts | 0.498 | 0.496–0.500 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| [Pricing and plan terms stated clearly and consistently](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/billing.pricing_clarity.md) | Too few posts | 0.499 | 0.496–0.500 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| [Quota reset timing and bonus or banked resets](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/limits.reset_schedule.md) | Too few posts | 0.499 | 0.497–0.500 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Prompt cache hits, misses and invalidation](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/limits.prompt_cache.md) | Too few posts | 0.499 | 0.497–0.500 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Pay-as-you-go overage, fallback billing and spend caps](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/billing.overage_charges.md) | Too few posts | 0.499 | 0.498–0.500 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Short rolling usage window blocks or interrupts work](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/limits.window_interrupts_work.md) | Too few posts | 0.500 | 0.500–0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Most recent posts:

- Praise, 2026-10-14, r/cursor (Reddit): “when i found out i could connect zed to my claude pro subscription without triggering api costs cursor got uninstalled. i want model agnostic ide so i can choose my model provider without ux locking.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1x65v6o/great_time_for_competitors_to_step_in/pgshzm4/)
- Praise, 2026-09-17, @zeddotdev (X): “@hraness @recnepspenstar @zeddotdev swe 2.0 is free for a while. so no limits really other than concurrency” [source](https://twitter.com/1852248441633804288/status/2100528441204617254)
- Praise, 2026-09-02, @zeddotdev (X): “best free ai setup out there @zeddotdev + @opencode + @cline you get access to capable models like glm 5.3 flash and deepseek v4 flash literally for free with extended usage not the 10 min access copilot offers in vs code. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/2855133329/status/2095280375266177138)
- Complaint, 2026-10-09, @zeddotdev (X): “hey @zeddotdev what happened to your free tier edit predictions? it seems to have just disappeared overnight and there's been no comments or updates on it? [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1598994278864211968/status/2108380801184526417)
- Complaint, 2026-10-02, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “i have zed student plan more i used claude sonnet 5.5 model, within some time all the 10 usd plus 10 usd more total 20 usd usage exhausted. so how you're supposed to plan your work with it ? how much you pay ?” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1vx6qe6/just_switched_all_my_ides_and_editors_to_zed/pdce3i6/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-02, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “i have zed student plan more i used claude sonnet 5.5 model, within some time all the 10 usd plus 10 usd more total 20 usd usage exhausted. so how you're supposed to plan your work with it ? how much you pay ?” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1wvjogh/zed_student_usage/)

### Setting up and connecting: 10th of 12 (customer love 0.442, n 193)

Worse than the category norm. Users say IDE integration falls short and that plugins and MCP servers do not work well; on plugins and MCP it ranks 8th of 9. Posts also describe errors when connecting model providers.

| Criterion | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [IDE and editor integration](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/setup.ide_integration.md) | 6th of 7 | 0.457 | 0.433–0.480 | 81 | 26 | 55 |
| [MCP servers, plugins, skills and hooks](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/setup.extensions_mcp.md) | 8th of 9 | 0.456 | 0.436–0.474 | 57 | 11 | 46 |
| [Connecting own API keys, local models and custom endpoints](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/setup.provider_byok_local.md) | Too few posts | 0.491 | 0.475–0.507 | 25 | 11 | 14 |
| [Onboarding, discoverability and documentation](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/setup.onboarding_docs.md) | Too few posts | 0.487 | 0.478–0.500 | 20 | 1 | 19 |
| [Install, launch and sign-in](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/setup.install_signin.md) | Too few posts | 0.495 | 0.484–0.506 | 18 | 3 | 15 |

Most recent posts:

- Praise, 2026-09-28, r/cursor (Reddit): “aside from cursor, i borrowed my bf claude account and connected it to my zed, works perfectly riding my ide with opus 5.5” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1wc1hxp/any_alternative_to_cursor/pck5eoe/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-17, @zeddotdev (X): “@code workspaces are such a great feature. it just make switching between repo very very easy. i wish every code editor must add it. @zeddotdev has projects but i still had to write script to make it work somewhat like vscode.” [source](https://twitter.com/1746242198331707392/status/2111483098609438908)
- Complaint, 2026-10-14, @zeddotdev (X): “@hanupratap2 @zeddotdev waiting since forever, their acp integration is so bad” [source](https://twitter.com/2562124424/status/2110437107068231845)
- Complaint, 2026-10-10, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev why is there no possibility to choose api keys for deepseek or z ai in the setup of delta” [source](https://twitter.com/1733641051343126528/status/2108922447814615274)

### Choosing models: Too few posts (customer love 0.504, n 19)

Users seldom discuss models for Zed, too seldom to rank. Customer love is at the category norm.

| Criterion | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Which models are offered on a plan and when](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.catalog_access.md) | Too few posts | 0.500 | 0.489–0.514 | 13 | 3 | 10 |
| [Automatic model routing and fallback](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.routing_auto.md) | Too few posts | 0.502 | 0.497–0.509 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| [Reasoning effort setting and its defaults](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.effort_control.md) | Too few posts | 0.496 | 0.488–0.500 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| [Quality got worse or better over time](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.quality_drift.md) | Too few posts | 0.507 | 0.500–0.517 | 2 | 2 | 0 |

Most recent posts:

- Complaint, 2026-09-30, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev still no reasoning setting, are you serious? have you no heard the shot?” [source](https://twitter.com/1955587166626533377/status/2105353686541083095)
- Complaint, 2026-09-29, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev in the new version of delta, there’s a bug: my chatgpt subscription is no longer available as a provider.” [source](https://twitter.com/2035030715189141509/status/2104996620307718609)
- Complaint, 2026-09-23, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev yo i'm using my grok sub with delta and it only gives grok 4.6/4.5 as options for models. please support grok 4.7 and composer 2.5. this should be an auto refresh thing imo.” [source](https://twitter.com/1836929256569425921/status/2102785465682460969)

### Instructing and context: 6th of 11 (customer love 0.499, n 30)

Users rarely discuss how Zed follows instructions or handles context. Customer love is at the category norm.

| Criterion | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Finding the right files in the codebase](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/context.codebase_retrieval.md) | Too few posts | 0.497 | 0.485–0.509 | 15 | 6 | 9 |
| [Persistent project rules files are read and obeyed](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/context.instruction_files.md) | Too few posts | 0.496 | 0.490–0.500 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| [Context compaction keeps what matters, cheaply and quickly](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/context.compaction.md) | Too few posts | 0.495 | 0.490–0.499 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| [Memory and state carried across sessions](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/context.session_memory.md) | Too few posts | 0.505 | 0.500–0.511 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| [Output degrades as the context window fills](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/context.long_context_decay.md) | Too few posts | 0.498 | 0.494–0.500 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| [Direct in-prompt instructions and caps are followed](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/context.instruction_following.md) | Too few posts | 0.502 | 0.500–0.506 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Images, PDFs and file attachments as input](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/context.attachments.md) | Too few posts | 0.499 | 0.496–0.500 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Asks the user versus guessing](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/context.clarifying_questions.md) | Too few posts | 0.500 | 0.500–0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Most recent posts:

- Praise, 2026-10-03, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev the catch-up in a subthread part is genius, main thread stays clean” [source](https://twitter.com/1475488947719401474/status/2106247042204844494)
- Praise, 2026-10-09, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev i was bummed when y’all got rid of the old context engineering style of ai integration. but delta feels like a return back to that original feeling being able to comment on anything in multiple attached repos and all the worktree shenanigans totally working transparently is epic” [source](https://twitter.com/14405464/status/2108565289050816965)
- Complaint, 2026-09-07, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev @zeddotdev i more feedback, the ignored files (.env) are always missing in delta workspaces -- for my e2e testing, which is a verification setup in my agents.md, that is required, and so the verification always fails” [source](https://twitter.com/1593873113686499329/status/2096958335383917006)
- Complaint, 2026-09-07, @zeddotdev (X): “@harshbhikadia @zeddotdev having verification required in agents.md and still losing .env in the workspace is peak agent friction. writing the house rules once only helps if every new run actually reads them. lazy injects those rules into agents so the contract isn't optional.” [source](https://twitter.com/2084224068518039552/status/2096963726209421513)
- Complaint, 2026-08-31, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev have you guys fixed the problem where if i deliberately include a file in an agent's context it still has to read the file again with a tool (wasting an extra request) before the edit tool is allowed to work?” [source](https://twitter.com/1600030777130962944/status/2094319263154880990)

### Doing the work: 11th of 14 (customer love 0.461, n 136)

Worse than the category norm. Users rate Zed below the norm on doing their kind of task, and posts describe missing features. Zed accounts for 88% of Jupyter support requests across agents and 92% of requests for a built-in debugger.

| Criterion | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Can do the user's kind of task](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.capability.md) | 10th of 13 | 0.444 | 0.420–0.469 | 71 | 26 | 45 |
| [Git commits, branches and sync](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.git_workflow.md) | Too few posts | 0.507 | 0.491–0.525 | 23 | 9 | 14 |
| [Subagents, parallel agents and orchestrators](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.multi_agent_orchestration.md) | Too few posts | 0.487 | 0.471–0.501 | 17 | 8 | 9 |
| [Risky or irreversible actions without confirmation](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.destructive_actions.md) | Too few posts | 0.506 | 0.498–0.517 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| [Tool approval prompts and autonomy modes](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.permission_prompts.md) | Too few posts | 0.507 | 0.496–0.523 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| [Frontend and visual UI output](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.frontend_ui.md) | Too few posts | 0.502 | 0.498–0.507 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| [Spins, loops or gets stuck without progress](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.stuck_loops.md) | Too few posts | 0.497 | 0.493–0.500 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| [Breaks existing code or reintroduces bugs](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.regressions_introduced.md) | Too few posts | 0.498 | 0.496–0.500 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| [Plan-before-edit mode](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.plan_mode.md) | Too few posts | 0.500 | 0.494–0.506 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| [Diagnosing and fixing reported bugs](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.bug_diagnosis.md) | Too few posts | 0.498 | 0.494–0.500 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Does unrequested work or over-engineers](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.scope_overreach.md) | Too few posts | 0.499 | 0.497–0.500 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Long unattended runs and goal/loop mode](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.long_running_autonomy.md) | Too few posts | 0.497 | 0.491–0.500 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Caves to or argues with the user's judgement](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.sycophancy_pushback.md) | Too few posts | 0.505 | 0.500–0.519 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Stops mid-task or answers instead of acting](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.premature_stop.md) | Too few posts | 0.500 | 0.500–0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Games checks instead of fixing the problem](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.reward_hacking.md) | Too few posts | 0.500 | 0.500–0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Computer use and browser control](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.computer_browser_use.md) | Too few posts | 0.500 | 0.500–0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Safety filters block legitimate coding tasks](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.safety_refusals.md) | Too few posts | 0.500 | 0.500–0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Length and clarity of replies, summaries and comments](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/work.response_verbosity.md) | Too few posts | 0.500 | 0.500–0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Most recent posts:

- Praise, 2026-10-07, @zeddotdev (X): “i can finally switch to zed from neovim+tmux after long time. i just knew that i can now switch between multiple projects and have scoped terminal processes running for each one of them! thank you @zeddotdev” [source](https://twitter.com/855990650/status/2107823401683579097)
- Praise, 2026-10-01, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev zed is my daily, subagents with different models is a nice touch” [source](https://twitter.com/14718802/status/2105734900137803823)
- Complaint, 2026-10-11, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “yup. i was a fan of zed until they got sidetracked by ai. ai integration is poor compared with vscode. nobody writes code anymore so performance advantage no longer matters. they need to rethink strategy” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1x354w5/i_profiled_zed_memory_usage_and_heres_what_it/pf8bbwo/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-06, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev @conradirwin yeah the filesystem starts lying to you after a few parallel runs. branch names pile up, you're pretty sure something good is in there, and git status becomes a scavenger hunt. isolation is great until cleanup isn't.” [source](https://twitter.com/2098261541208637440/status/2107585077161173196)
- Complaint, 2026-10-02, @zeddotdev (X): “zed editor version control tab isn't reflecting anything i do with git or files i had to close @zeddotdev every time i wanna see the changes looks like i'm gonna move on to other git clients” [source](https://twitter.com/1438027555219509253/status/2106062439238549939)

### Checking and finishing: 8th of 9 (customer love 0.488, n 32)

Customer love is at the category norm. Users rate how easy it is to review its changes far more often than for other agents, and Zed ranks 2nd of 5 on it.

| Criterion | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Reviewing and approving the agent's changes](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/verify.change_review_ui.md) | 2nd of 5 | 0.492 | 0.476–0.508 | 30 | 11 | 19 |
| [Claims work is done or fixed when it is not](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/verify.false_completion.md) | Too few posts | 0.499 | 0.498–0.500 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Agent-performed code review finds real issues](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/verify.agent_code_review.md) | Too few posts | 0.502 | 0.500–0.505 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Builds, tests or runs its own changes](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/verify.self_testing.md) | Too few posts | 0.500 | 0.500–0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Most recent posts:

- Praise, 2026-10-07, @zeddotdev (X): “thanks @zeddotdev for the awesome acp merch 🎉! 9 months after i hacked it together, a @langchain deep agent + acp adapter + zed is still my daily driver coding agent. reviewing code as the agent works with worktrees is peak ux! wrote about it here: [link] [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/951957900/status/2107866835379270000)
- Praise, 2026-09-19, @zeddotdev (X): “@sadkatwt @christianlempa @zeddotdev zed is an agent first, an ide second. the agent is first class, and being able to review the changes in something smarter than a terminal is wonderful.” [source](https://twitter.com/2098515276165742596/status/2101099798426481121)
- Praise, 2026-09-19, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev clean workflow shared threads + subthreads + diff feedback makes code review in delta feel effortless!” [source](https://twitter.com/2008812694628175872/status/2101373928572854541)
- Complaint, 2026-10-05, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “a good ux for reviewing prs and changes. they are so hardcore about ai integrations, but they dump all changes agents made to your face in a single page. i would honestly just copy what gh pr extension for vscode does.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1wydtin/gimme_your_gripes/pe21n3o/)
- Complaint, 2026-09-25, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev fix the search pls. i stopped using bcz of search and diff viewer” [source](https://twitter.com/2065733203663659008/status/2103345319836815865)
- Complaint, 2026-09-25, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev can you make it easier to review worktrees/branches ? somehow there's no file picker/file browser when clicking view branch diff (worktree/branch a -> main). everything is in a single clunky "changed since main" tab :/” [source](https://twitter.com/24510559/status/2103369080975876486)

### Interface and sessions: 12th of 14 (customer love 0.441, n 247)

Worse than the category norm. Most ratings are about display and settings: 22.1% of what users rate, against 6.1% for other agents. Posts describe theme errors, panels that are hard to move and small display bugs.

| Criterion | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [How the interface shows work, and what the user can configure](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/ui.display_settings.md) | 9th of 12 | 0.474 | 0.447–0.502 | 219 | 66 | 153 |
| [Saving, switching, resuming and rewinding sessions](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/ui.session_history.md) | Too few posts | 0.499 | 0.484–0.516 | 25 | 7 | 18 |
| [Mobile, remote-control and voice access](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/surfaces.remote_mobile.md) | Too few posts | 0.486 | 0.471–0.497 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| [Cloud and remote sandbox execution](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/surfaces.cloud_sessions.md) | Too few posts | 0.492 | 0.482–0.500 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| [Stopping and steering a running agent](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/ui.interrupt_steer.md) | Too few posts | 0.501 | 0.495–0.507 | 2 | 1 | 1 |

Most recent posts:

- Praise, 2026-10-14, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev wait, when did we get refs on the left? that’s huge!” [source](https://twitter.com/963954289/status/2110423976224952454)
- Praise, 2026-10-09, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev i dont really collaborate yet but the fact you can comment on any of the agent replies enables proper communication, no longer linear/one way conversation, more like a difference between a walkie-talkie and a modern smartphone call.” [source](https://twitter.com/1297975898633908224/status/2108467243029872761)
- Praise, 2026-10-09, @zeddotdev (X): “tfw you let fable run wild on a research problem, now you have to make sense of a bunch of calculus before you can evaluate whether it even makes sense... but at least @zeddotdev's [link] is making it a hell of a lot easier to manage these research threads! [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/14435549/status/2108571502513688954)
- Complaint, 2026-10-17, @zeddotdev (X): “this @zeddotdev little bug drives me crazy if you leave your mouse from the left, the tooltip on the file item shows up until you come back to the window. trying to train myself to leave move out my mouse from the bottom of the window. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/813555/status/2111490457763213633)
- Complaint, 2026-10-16, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev @ollama currently it doesn't support previewing files like markdown or html.” [source](https://twitter.com/2959524282/status/2111192959635145067)
- Complaint, 2026-10-16, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev you still don't prefill the palette with the selected text. i'm angry.” [source](https://twitter.com/204731905/status/2111206036380303846)

### Reliability and speed: 1st of 13 (customer love 0.668, n 175)

Better than the category norm. Users praise fast responses, with 73 praise to 16 complaints. Zed also rates better than the norm for running without crashing, though crash complaints there outnumber praise.

| Criterion | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Latency, throughput and fast mode](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/rel.response_speed.md) | 2nd of 10 | 0.636 | 0.609–0.662 | 89 | 73 | 16 |
| [Client crashes, freezes and failed tool execution](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/rel.client_failures.md) | 3rd of 11 | 0.585 | 0.530–0.638 | 84 | 17 | 67 |
| [Updates break working setups](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/rel.update_breakage.md) | Too few posts | 0.500 | 0.490–0.515 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| [Outages, server errors and capacity or rate errors](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/rel.service_errors.md) | Too few posts | 0.500 | 0.500–0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Most recent posts:

- Praise, 2026-10-18, @zeddotdev (X): “been using @zeddotdev as my daily driver for a while now. very good stuff! paired with ai, it’s helped me do some of the best work of my life. crazy how much a fast and smooth experience changes the way everything feels. great great great!” [source](https://twitter.com/1973009286251909120/status/2111823118054347158)
- Praise, 2026-10-18, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev is pretty good. i have been using it for a week now and i kinda like it. its light weight, fast and a good replacement for vscode. just does the job without any bloatware.” [source](https://twitter.com/252473758/status/2111847664849736072)
- Praise, 2026-10-13, @zeddotdev (X): “@makiloop @zeddotdev oh, that’s not great. personally, i find it much more responsive than vs code, which has historically had just enough input lag on my system to be extremely noticeable, and the type rendering is imo a bit nicer, but your mileage may vary” [source](https://twitter.com/793795/status/2110049940944879898)
- Complaint, 2026-10-16, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev there is an issue with the built-in source control, it's too slow when detecting which files have changed” [source](https://twitter.com/1660797153852157954/status/2111205584213266801)
- Complaint, 2026-10-10, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev i love zed, my ide shouldn't take 30 seconds to load, it should be fast. folder switching, worktree switching should be fast” [source](https://twitter.com/793402262374711300/status/2108949815979811017)
- Complaint, 2026-10-08, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “tested it in fedora wayland and crashed multiple times so not really a great experience. non related but logo looks like pedo blogo which is weird” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1wq03mv/has_anyone_tried_delta/pepvzqg/)

### Account and support: Too few posts (customer love 0.492, n 27)

Too few posts to rank. Complaints far outnumber praise, and they include sign-ins that are lost between launches. Customer love is at the category norm.

| Criterion | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Support, refunds and issue handling](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/account.support.md) | Too few posts | 0.494 | 0.486–0.504 | 13 | 1 | 12 |
| [Data retention, training use and deployment isolation](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/account.data_privacy.md) | Too few posts | 0.494 | 0.485–0.505 | 12 | 1 | 11 |
| [Wrong charges, failed payments and plan provisioning](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/account.billing_errors.md) | Too few posts | 0.499 | 0.498–0.500 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| [Account bans and access restrictions](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/account.bans_restrictions.md) | Too few posts | 0.499 | 0.498–0.500 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

Most recent posts:

- Complaint, 2026-10-03, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “true, i love zed, but this has been requested for a long time without landing, so i built it” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1wwe1hf/zed_fork_with_a_builtin_browser_tab_byok_ai_no/pdl72q9/)
- Complaint, 2026-09-25, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “it looks like it sends your source code and chat history to zed's servers so it was immediately shot down by security at my company.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1wq03mv/has_anyone_tried_delta/pc0hxb5/)
- Complaint, 2026-09-24, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “all the things i want have prs already, open for months, ignored from the beginning on or in the middle of the review by the maintainers. it won't help if i open another pr or spam comments.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1wjp5nq/popular_zed_fork_where_the_community_is_more/pbpijgu/)