Zen: A distraction-free code editor based on Zed

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The name is Zen.

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README.md

Zen

Welcome to Zen, a distraction-free code editor based on Zed.

Zen has been optimised to be free of AI, telemetry, and other distractions. It is fast and suitable for systems that are a bit older.

Installation

Prebuilt binaries are not currently available for Zen.

If you are interested in using Zen, you should either build it yourself, or reach out for support.

Developing Zen

Building Zen for macOS

Building Zen for Linux

Building Zen for Windows

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for ways you can contribute to Zen.

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