# Zed on Linux: Progress Toward an Alpha Release

DevFeed: [Zed on Linux: Progress Toward an Alpha Release](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/linux-when-13574.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://zed.dev/blog/zed-decoded-linux-when>)

Author: Thorsten Ball, Mikayla Maki

Published: 2024-05-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cross-platform.md>), [Rust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rust.md>), [Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/framework.md>)

Tags: [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-platform.md>), [framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/framework.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/native.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [rust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rust.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how Zed's Linux version developed from having no Linux support to being compilable, runnable, and usable. It covers the implementation challenges, platform-specific integration, contributors, and remaining work toward an alpha release.

## Source excerpt

In this episode of Zed Decoded, Thorsten talks to Mikayla, who's been leading the effort to Zed working on Linux, about the Zed's Linux version and how it's taking shape