Why hackers moved from Zed to Neovim
1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“but then put in the effort to learn Neovim (Lazyvim) properly”avanwyk, 2026-01-06original comment ↗
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Zed vs Neovim
| Zed | Neovim | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 12 | 10 |
| Hackers who criticize | 2 | 2 |
| Moved away from it | 1 | 3 |
| Moved to it | 10 | 10 |
Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.
Criticism of Zed
“The biggest problem I personally have with Zed design is it downloading it's own binaries for LSP servers instead of using ones already installed in the system.”mrsssnake, 2026-05-01original comment ↗
Praise for Neovim
“on the whole it has been a good experience with Neovim.”Insanity, 2026-09-27original comment ↗
“and why I moved from Jetbrains Rider to Neovim, and so on.”nozzlegear, 2026-07-01original comment ↗
“This is the reason why I switched from VSCode to nvim (AstroNvim to be specific).”Ronsenshi, 2026-06-28original comment ↗
“I just switched from Doom Emacs to Neovim and my impression of Neovim has been much better.”royal__, 2026-06-15original comment ↗
“I switched from Cursor to Neovim and at first I hated Neovim’s poor AI ghost text.”goodoldneon, 2026-03-30original comment ↗