# How CRDTs make multiplayer text editing part of Zed's DNA

DevFeed: [How CRDTs make multiplayer text editing part of Zed's DNA](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-crdts-make-multiplayer-text-editing-part-of-zed-s-dna-13450.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://zed.dev/blog/crdts>)

Author: Nathan Sobo

Published: 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Rust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rust.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [collaboration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [rust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rust.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains the technology built into Zed's core to support real-time collaborative text editing, focusing on its eventually consistent text representation. It also describes Zed's broader goal of combining high performance with integrated developer collaboration.

## Source excerpt

A detailed exploration of Zed's eventually-consistent text representation.