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zed-industries/zed

GitHub
https://github.com/zed-industries/zed

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

Stars:
92.7k
Language:
Rust
Default branch:
main
Last scored:
Overall

At a glance

Rank
#63 of 401
Top 16% · #9 of 45 Rust repos
Checks passed
10 of 17
Full list below
Best set up for
Gemini CLI
Score 86.7
Needs most work for
Aider
Biggest fix: .aider.conf.yml (+14.1 pts)

What it has

What it's missing

What to fix first

Pick an AI agent

Showing fixes for Claude Code

  1. 1
    Pre-commit / git hooks
    Set up pre-commit (.pre-commit-config.yaml), husky, or lefthook to run format+lint on every commit.
    +5.3 pts
  2. 2
    Test suite
    Add a tests/ (or test/, __tests__/, spec/) directory with runnable tests. Document how to run them in AGENTS.md.
    +3.9 pts
  3. 3
    License file
    Add a LICENSE (or COPYING) file — MIT, Apache-2.0, BSD, GPL, etc. — at the repo root.
    +3.9 pts

Score for each AI agent

Each agent weighs the checks by its own docs. Under each score are its top three. How each agent is scored →

Gemini CLI
#3 of 401
86.7
  • ✓GEMINI.md
  • ✓README
  • ~Test suite
Pi
#55 of 401
85.1
  • ✓AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md
  • ~Test suite
  • ✓Linter / formatter config
Codex
#60 of 401
84.9
  • ✓AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md
  • ✓README
  • ~Test suite
Kimi Code CLI
#66 of 401
84.4
  • ✓AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md
  • ~Test suite
  • ✓Dependency manifest
Claude Code
#85 of 401
83.6
  • ✓AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md
  • ~Test suite
  • ✓Reproducible dev env
Devin
#69 of 401
80.1
  • ✓Reproducible dev env
  • ✓Dependency manifest
  • ~Test suite
Cursor
#64 of 401
76.9
  • ✗Cursor rules (.cursor/rules)
  • ✓README
  • ✓Type configuration
OpenHands
#86 of 401
73.8
  • ✓CI configuration
  • ✓Dependency manifest
  • ✓Reproducible dev env
Aider
#110 of 401
71.8
  • ✗.aider.conf.yml
  • ✓Linter / formatter config
  • ~Test suite

Does zed-industries/zed have agent instructions?

An AGENTS.md (or CLAUDE.md) at the root tells AI coding agents how to build, test and work in the repo. A few agents also read a file of their own.

AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md
AGENTS.md (new tab) · 12,454 characters
Agent-specific files
GEMINI.md (new tab) (12,454 characters), .agents/skills (new tab) (4 skills)No .cursor/rules, .openhands/setup.sh or .aider.conf.yml
Repos that have one
24 of 45 Rust repos · 221 of 401 repos on the leaderboard · See examples →

All 17 checks · 10 passed

Skills (.agents/skills)· 100% pass
4 skills in .agents/skills/
.agents/skills/gpui-bench/SKILL.md
AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md· 100% pass
Substantive (12,454 characters)
AGENTS.md
.aider.conf.yml· 0% pass
No .aider.conf.yml at repo root
CI configuration· 100% pass
46 GitHub Actions workflows
.github/workflows
CONTRIBUTING guide· 100% pass
Guide present
CONTRIBUTING.md
Cursor rules (.cursor/rules)· 0% pass
No .cursor/rules/*.mdc or .cursorrules
Dependency manifest· 100% pass
Manifest present
Cargo.toml
Reproducible dev env· 100% pass
3 env artifacts (flake.nix, shell.nix)
flake.nix
GEMINI.md· 100% pass
Substantive GEMINI.md (12,454 characters)
GEMINI.md
License file· 0% pass
No LICENSE/COPYING file
Linter / formatter config· 100% pass
Config detected
.prettierrc
.openhands/setup.sh· 0% pass
No .openhands/setup.sh
Pre-commit / git hooks· 0% pass
No pre-commit / husky / lefthook found
README· 100% pass
README detailed (2,851 characters)
README.md
Manageable size· 50% pass
4282 files — large
Test suite· 70% pass
Test files detected (crates/extension_host/src/extension_store_test.rs)
crates/extension_host/src/extension_store_test.rs
Type configuration· 100% pass
Typed language (Rust)

How zed-industries/zed compares

vs leaderboard average
14.0 pts above
Average 66.8
vs Rust average
10.2 pts above
Average 70.6
Stars among Rust repos
#7 of 45

Missing here, and how many repos have it

  • License file · passed by 92% of leaderboard repos, 60% of Rust repos
  • Pre-commit / git hooks · passed by 29% of leaderboard repos, 20% of Rust repos
  • Cursor rules (.cursor/rules) · passed by 4% of leaderboard repos, 2% of Rust repos

Passes checks most repos miss

  • Skills (.agents/skills) · only 17% of repos pass it
  • Reproducible dev env · only 22% of repos pass it
  • GEMINI.md · only 1% of repos pass it

One fix for the most agents: Pre-commit / git hooks would raise the score for all 9 agents, by up to 6.0 points.

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