Code editors, from light to heavy

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Some people want an editor that touches one file; some need a full IDE. Both kinds are here, so you can match the tool to the size of the project.

01 / Code editors, from light to heavy

zed

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

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02 / Code editors, from light to heavy

lapce

A code editor written in Rust that prioritises startup speed and responsiveness. It has built-in LSP support for completion, navigation and diagnostics, extends languages and features through plugins, and borrows Vim-like habits in its interface. It suits developers who want a light editor with modern capabilities and care about performance.

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03 / Code editors, from light to heavy

editor

A lightweight code editor built on Monaco and written in TypeScript, with a clean interface and fast startup. It offers syntax highlighting, completion and other basic editing features in an open-source package, which suits cases where you just need to edit some code without starting a full IDE.

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Free

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