Zed – A lightning fast, collaborative code editor

Zed can be configured via a simple JSON file located at ~/.zed/settings.json.

Opening your settings file

You can open ~/.zed/settings.json via cmd-,, the command palette, or the Zed > Open Settings application menu item.

This file contains a JSON object and should look like this:

{
  "theme": "rosé-pine",
  "buffer_font_family": "PragmataPro Liga",
  "buffer_font_size": 16
}

Add entries to a JSON object in this file and save it to configure Zed.

Available settings

Option	Default	Description
`theme`	`cave-dark`	`Theme name` Sets the startup theme.
`buffer_font_family`	`zed-mono`	`Font name` The editor font family.
`buffer_font_size`	`16`	`Number` The editor font size.
`tab_size`	`4`	`Number` Spaces per tab.
`preferred_line_length`	`80`	?
`format_on_save`	`true`	`Boolean` Formats open buffer on save.
`language_overrides`	`null`	See Overrides below.
`soft_wrap`	`editor_width`	`editor_width`, `none`, `preferred_line_length`
`vim_mode`	`false`	`Boolean` Enables Vim mode (WIP - see Vim mode)
`projects_online_by_default`	`true`	`Boolean` Project goes online when opened.

Overrides

You can override settings for specific languages like this:

"language_overrides": {
  "C": {
    "format_on_save": false,
    "preferred_line_length": 64,
    "soft_wrap": "preferred_line_length"
  },
  "JSON": {
    "tab_size": 4
  }
}

For a complete list of languages you can override settings for see Supported Languages.

An example configuration:

// ~/.zed/settings.json
{
  "theme": "cave-light",
  "tab_size": 2,
  "preferred_line_length": 80,
  "soft_wrap": "none",

  "buffer_font_size": 18,
  "buffer_font_family": "Zed Mono",

  "format_on_save": false,
  "vim_mode": false,
  "projects_online_by_default": true,

  "language_overrides": {
    "C": {
      "format_on_save": false,
      "preferred_line_length": 64,
      "soft_wrap": "preferred_line_length"
    }
  }
}