CudaText vs Zed

CudaText is a cross-platform text editor written in Object Pascal, with builds listed for Linux, macOS, and Windows. It provides syntax highlighting for more than 300 languages, along with code folding, multiple carets and selections, regular-expression find and replace, and customizable hotkeys. A code tree can show functions and classes when the lexer supports them, and a fuzzy-matching command palette helps with command navigation. Its binary and hex viewer supports files of unlimited size; the site says it can display 10 GB logs. HTML and CSS tools include smart auto-completion, HTML tag completion through the Snippets plugin, and in-editor image display. Python add-ons can supply plugins, linters, code tree parsers, and external tools. Listed plugin features include LSP support, project and session managers, an FTP panel, spell checking, and formatters. Configuration files use JSON and can include lexer-specific settings. CudaText is free, with no free trial listed, and the project license is MPL-2.0.

Zed is a code editor for macOS, Windows, and Linux, with Personal, Pro, and Business plans. Personal is free forever and includes 2,000 accepted edit predictions; it also allows unlimited use with API keys or external agents. Pro costs $10.00 per month, includes unlimited edit predictions and $5 of tokens, and bills usage beyond that allowance at API list price plus 10%. The Pro trial lasts 14 days or until its $5 balance is used, with no credit card required. Editing tools include extensions, multi-cursor and column editing, and macro recording; the editor also supports a built-in debugger, remote development, and language servers. Native Git operations include staging, commits, pulls, pushes, and viewing diffs. Users can chat with teammates, code together, and share screens and projects. Supported model providers include Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, GitHub Copilot, Google AI, and OpenAI; the extension ecosystem has hundreds of extensions. Business costs $30.00 per month and has no minimum seat count. SSO, SAML, and SCIM are planned but not currently available.