Zedless 0.1.0

Zedless 0.1.0

A lightweight, local-first fork of Zed. No account, no agent panel, no
extension store, no telemetry.

Downloads

Platform	Asset
Linux x86_64	zedless-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
Windows x86_64	zedless-windows-x86_64.zip
Checksums	SHA256SUMS.txt

Linux

tar -xzf zedless-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
cd zedless-linux-x86_64
./install.sh

Installs to ~/.local (binary in ~/.local/lib/zedless, launcher zedless,
desktop entry and icon). Uninstall instructions are in the README.

Windows

Extract zedless-windows-x86_64.zip and run zedless.exe. The build is
portable. It is unsigned, so SmartScreen will warn; verify the SHA-256 before
running.

Highlights

• Editor core, LSP, tree-sitter, terminal, git, debugger and project search kept.
• Agent panel, AI providers, Copilot, edit prediction, collaboration UI,
  extension store, onboarding, crash reporter, telemetry and upstream updater
  removed.
• ~2× lighter than Zed on the same workload: 148 MB idle versus 294 MB
  (measured on one Fedora 44 / Intel machine, cold page cache).
• Own application id, config/data directories, logo and desktop entry.

Known limitations

• client, call, channel and extension_host are still linked to the
  editor core; removing them requires API rework.
• Idle memory floor is ~147 MB with GPUI; 100 MB is not reachable yet.
• Windows build is unsigned and not tested by the maintainer.
• macOS is not built.

License and attribution

GPL-3.0-or-later, inherited from Zed. Based on Zed v1.26.2
(c427327). Zedless is an unofficial fork, not affiliated with Zed Industries.
See NOTICE and LICENSE.

Checksums are published in SHA256SUMS.txt.