# Between Editors and IDEs, Where Zed Falls

DevFeed: [Between Editors and IDEs, Where Zed Falls](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/between-editors-and-ides-where-zed-falls-13428.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://zed.dev/blog/between-editors-and-ides>)

Author: Thorsten Ball

Published: 2024-03-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Zed Industries - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/zed-industries-blog.md>)

Topics: [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ide.md>), [Vim](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vim.md>), [Emacs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/emacs.md>), [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>)

Tags: [emacs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/emacs.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ide.md>), [interviews](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interviews.md>), [latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/latency.md>), [minimalism](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/minimalism.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>), [vim](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vim.md>), [vs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vs.md>)

## AI overview

An interview with Zed's co-founders explores the product philosophy behind Zed, including where it sits between a lightweight editor and a full IDE. They discuss balancing powerful features with a fast, minimal user experience, as well as approaches to extensibility and scriptability.

## Source excerpt

Thorsten interviews co-founders Nathan, Max, Antonio about the product philosophy behind Zed and how they think about text editing along multiple axes: Emacs vs. Vim, IDE vs. Editor, Batteries included vs. Extensibility.