Collaboration

Zed supports real-time multiplayer editing. Multiple people can work in the same project simultaneously, seeing each other's cursors and edits as they happen.

Open the Collaboration Panel with cmd-shift-c|ctrl-shift-c. You'll need to sign in to access collaboration features.

Collaboration Panel

The Collaboration Panel has two sections:

1. Channels: Persistent project rooms for team collaboration, with shared projects and voice chat.
2. Contacts and Private Calls: Your contacts list for ad-hoc private sessions.

Warning: Sharing a project gives collaborators access to your local file system within that project. Only collaborate with people you trust.

See the Data and Privacy FAQs for more details.

Audio Settings

Selecting Audio Devices

Preview: This feature is available in Zed Preview. It will be included in the next Stable release.

You can select specific input and output audio devices instead of using system defaults. To configure audio devices:

1. Open cmd-,|ctrl-,
2. Navigate to Collaboration > Experimental
3. Use the Output Audio Device and Input Audio Device dropdowns to select your preferred devices

Changes take effect immediately. If you select a device that becomes unavailable, Zed falls back to system defaults.

To test your audio configuration, click Test Audio in the same section. This opens a window where you can verify your microphone and speaker work correctly with the selected devices.

JSON configuration:

{
  "audio": {
    "experimental.output_audio_device": "Device Name (device-id)",
    "experimental.input_audio_device": "Device Name (device-id)"
  }
}

Set either value to null to use system defaults.