Zed Industries has released a public beta of its code editor for Windows, marking a significant milestone for the Rust-based VS Code alternative that has until now been limited to macOS and Linux users.

Zed running on Windows in the new beta version

The move addresses a critical gap in Zed's market reach. Mac laptops dominate developer conferences, yet Windows remains the workhorse for nearly half the profession: 49.5 percent of professional developers use Windows as their primary development environment, according to Stack Overflow's latest survey , compared to 32.9 percent on macOS.

Until now there were build instructions for Zed Windows and a private beta, but no pre-built release. Now a Windows nightly beta build (though x86-64 only) has been published via the Zed community Discord

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