2025-24-2: I'm archiving this as this as I have moved back to my previous code editor as there have been a lot of issues regarding LSPs being broken and what not making me unproductive with Zed. I will come back when things get stable and as of now, unfortunately I have to archive this repository. Feel free to fork this as you want, no problem. :)
This repository contains unofficial builds of Zed for Windows.
Disclaimer: These builds may break at any time as they are not officially supported by Zed Industries.
These releases are transparently built against the latest release tag of Zed using Github Actions.
| Channel | Workflow Status | Latest Release | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stable |  |
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Built against the latest release tag of Zed (Checked every 3 hours) |
| Preview |  |
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Built against the pre-release tag of Zed (Checked every 3 hours) |
| Nightly |  |
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Built against the nightly release tag of Zed (Checked every 11 AM UTC, 4 hours after Zed releases a new nightly) |
- Builds for Vulkan and OpenGL ES (OpenGL ES may or may not work as it is barely supported by Zed)
- Auto-updater is properly disabled for these builds using the
ZED_UPDATE_EXPLANATIONenvironment variable - Uses proper release channels for Zed via
crates/zed/RELEASE_CHANNEL
You can install Zed via PowerShell: (You can also use this script to update Zed if it has been installed previously using the install script)
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xarunoba/zed-windows/refs/heads/main/install.ps1 | iex
Or if you want to uninstall Zed that has been installed via the install script:
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xarunoba/zed-windows/refs/heads/main/uninstall.ps1 | iex
Just run Zed either from the Start Menu shortcut or by running zed in the command line.
Download the latest release from the Releases page.
Extract the contents of the archive to a folder of your choice.
Run the zed.exe executable.
Yes, this is safe. There are no changes to the official Zed codebase as seen in the GitHub Actions builds.
This is a false positive. See this issue for more information.