Zed for Windows (Unofficial)

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.

Builds

Channel	Workflow Status	Latest Release	Remarks
Stable			Built against the latest release tag of Zed (Checked every 3 hours)
Preview			Built against the pre-release tag of Zed (Checked every 3 hours)
Nightly			Built against the nightly release tag of Zed (Checked every 11 AM UTC, 4 hours after Zed releases a new nightly)

Features

• 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_EXPLANATION environment variable
• Uses proper release channels for Zed via crates/zed/RELEASE_CHANNEL

Installation & Usage

Scripts

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.

Manually

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.

Is this safe?

Yes, this is safe. There are no changes to the official Zed codebase as seen in the GitHub Actions builds.

Windows Defender is complaining about the executable

This is a false positive. See this issue for more information.