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Visual Studio vs Zed
A side-by-side comparison of Visual Studio and Zed.
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| Description | Microsoft's full IDE for .NET, C++ and Windows development | Fast, collaborative open source code editor written in Rust |
| Pricing | FreemiumProprietary | FreemiumOpen source(GPL-3.0) |
| Developer | Microsoft | Zed Industries |
| Ratings | — | 91.6Kstars |
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