Lumbridge vs Zed
A fast open-source code editor written in Rust, built for collaboration with people and AI, with agentic editing and support for external agents. Lumbridge is the open engine a company runs on when agents do the work: terminals, mail, notes, library, voice and a software factory on your own machines.
Zed
Pick Zed if you want a fast editor with agents inside it and live collaboration with teammates. It also works well next to a terminal-based stack.
Open source · GPL-3.0-or-later (Apache-2.0 components where marked)Free Personal plan; paid Pro and Business plans. Checked 2026-11-10.
Lumbridge Not released. Built from source today.
Pick Lumbridge if your agents live in terminals across several machines and you want the surrounding parts too: phone, mail, library, speech, factory and model serving.
Open source · Apache-2.0All twelve repositories open on November 13, 2026.
01 · Side by side
What each covers.
| Area | Lumbridge | Zed |
|---|---|---|
| Terminals and agents | Core, TUI | Partly |
| Desktop app | App, Mods | Yes |
| Phone | Mobile | No |
| No | ||
| Docs and code library | Library | No |
| Notes | Notes | No |
| Voice and speech | Voice, Speak | No |
| Software factory | Factory | No |
| Models and inference | Computer, Lumbridge 1 | Partly |
| Whole engine | All twelve parts, on Ubuntu | No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0-or-later (Apache-2.0 components where marked) |
| Price | Free; model API by the token | Free Personal plan; paid Pro and Business plans |
| Written in | Mostly Rust | Rust |
| Runs on | Ubuntu first; macOS for the desktop parts | macOS, Linux, Windows |
02 · Honestly
Where Zed is ahead.
- A full, mature code editor on macOS, Linux and Windows. Lumbridge has no code editor.
- Real-time collaboration: chat with teammates, code together and share a screen and project.
- Edit prediction from its own open-weight model, and external agents through the Agent Client Protocol.
- A large open-source community: its repository showed about 95 thousand stars on the day we checked.
03 · The difference
What Lumbridge adds.
- Core keeps agents running in the background after the window closes and lists terminals from several machines.
- Mobile shows and answers agents from a phone.
- Mail, Library and Factory are parts of the stack.
- Computer, Voice and Speak serve open models and speech on a GPU box you own.
04 · More
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