Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed • Hacker News Board

Re: Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed

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Post by Longhanks » Wed, Sep 03, 2025, 4:11 PM UTC

tmdh wrote: post #17

sirodoht wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you feel is missing from the UI?

I feel like the UI is not as smooth as VSCode. There is a slight lag when scrolling.

Wait what? Isn't a super fast UI one of their main selling points, what led them to write their own rendering in Rust?

...and now they lose to a web app?

Re: Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed

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Post by TheRoque » Wed, Sep 03, 2025, 4:11 PM UTC

extr wrote: post #10

Zed is so great, I do wish they would focus just a little bit more on bringing the UI just a bit more up to parity with VS Code, I would switch full time.

What's so great about zed ?

Re: Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed

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Post by leoh » Wed, Sep 03, 2025, 4:12 PM UTC

ncdlek wrote: post #11

I wish someone integrate qwen-coder as well

Zed "just works" with ollama, so if you install a qwen modal locally you're set.

Re: Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed

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Post by sapiogram » Wed, Sep 03, 2025, 4:12 PM UTC

sirodoht wrote: post #14

extr wrote: post #10

Zed is so great, I do wish they would focus just a little bit more on bringing the UI just a bit more up to parity with VS Code, I would switch full time.

What do you feel is missing from the UI?

Their font rendering looks awful on non-high dpi displays, and the devs don't seem to care at all. https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/7992

Re: Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed

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Post by eli » Wed, Sep 03, 2025, 4:12 PM UTC

ncdlek wrote: post #11

I wish someone integrate qwen-coder as well

Is that much different from just using the Zed agent with Qwen via API?

Re: Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed

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Post by pbd » Wed, Sep 03, 2025, 4:12 PM UTC

ncdlek wrote: post #11

I wish someone integrate qwen-coder as well

agreed. waiting for qwen here as well.

Re: Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed

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Post by faangguyindia » Wed, Sep 03, 2025, 4:12 PM UTC

Does anyone have python library for ACP? Looking to integrate my agent with this.

Re: Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed

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Post by mlnj » Wed, Sep 03, 2025, 4:13 PM UTC

tmdh wrote: post #17

sirodoht wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you feel is missing from the UI?

I feel like the UI is not as smooth as VSCode. There is a slight lag when scrolling.

Smoothness and frames per second is the core of why they were building a very optimized editor. Not sure if it is just your machine that it is not leveraging the right bits.

For me the extension ecosystems is something I really like about VSCode, but that is an entirely different matter.

Re: Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed

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Post by apwell23 » Wed, Sep 03, 2025, 4:13 PM UTC

what i am missing by using claude cli with nvim. i don't understand why editor integration needed.

Re: Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed

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Post by rtaylorgarlock » Wed, Sep 03, 2025, 4:13 PM UTC

tmdh wrote: post #17

sirodoht wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you feel is missing from the UI?

I feel like the UI is not as smooth as VSCode. There is a slight lag when scrolling.

Wow. This might be the 1st time i've seen someone comment negatively regarding UI performance. Zed is one of the fastest programs i use. I used to laugh when seeing them market fps and such, but yeesh it's fast