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

It become open source just last week. Currently don’t have Linux version but soon it will have. Linux Roadmap issue

  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
    64·
    10 months ago

    Vs code is slow? Literally the entire reason I switched to it years ago is because it’s very fast.

    • sag@lemm.eeOP
      182·
      10 months ago

      Yep, VSCode is slow because it is built on Electron which is just a another browser.

    • brian@programming.dev
      4·
      10 months ago

      extensions tend to be the slow part in my experience. after a couple heavy extensions on an already struggling work laptop I’ll frequently outpace it’s input handling and have to wait for it to catch up

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
        21·
        10 months ago

        They certainly can be. Admittedly over time I’ve installed a lot of extensions but also gotten better hardware along the way. All I know is that despite having like 20 extensions installed I can startup vs code in just 3-5 seconds

      • fidodo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Vs code will get annoyingly slow even in vanilla setups when editing large files. Personally I can tell the difference in did compared to sublime text even without plugins, it’s not enough to be too annoying which is why I was ok with switching, but it just feels better when it’s lighting fast since the input lag piles up in a text editor since you’re typing really quick the whole time.

    • fidodo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Depends on what you’re used before I guess. I came from sublime text which was written in C++ and was blazing fast. You could throw any size file at it, I still use it when I need to edit a large file. I can notice the input lag in vs code even in small files with a vanilla setup. After adding plugins the lag can become even more noticable and in certain use cases it straight up slows you down. It’s not so slow that it’s unusable, but it’s noticably slower, and leaves me desiring more speed. But speed alone isn’t enough, it needs really good plugins which is why I traded speedy sublime text for vs code in the first place.