Community tutorial ·

Learn Zed the way it was designed to be used.

Nine chapters covering installation, the workspace, editing, navigation, collaboration, the terminal, Git, extensions, and keybindings — for macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Why Zed

Fast, agentic, collaborative

Written in Rust, rendered on the GPU, and built around multiplayer editing and agents rather than bolting them on afterwards.

Interface

Keyboard-first workspace

Command palette, panels, and the Agentic layout — everything reachable without the mouse.

Chapter 02 →
Collaboration

Multiplayer by design

Channels, contacts, voice chat, and shared projects with live cursors.

Chapter 05 →
AI & tooling

Agent, terminal, Git

Agent Panel, edit prediction, integrated terminal, tasks, and a native Git panel.

Chapter 07 →
Cheatsheet

Six commands to memorise first

The command palette covers the rest — if you forget a binding, search for it there.

Action macOS Linux / Windows
Command paletteCmd+Shift+PCtrl+Shift+P
Go to fileCmd+PCtrl+P
Go to symbolCmd+Shift+OCtrl+Shift+O
Find in projectCmd+Shift+FCtrl+Shift+F
Toggle terminalCtrl+`Ctrl+`
Agent PanelCmd+Shift+ACtrl+Shift+A
Primary sources

Straight from Zed