If your VS Code has bloated, or you use an AI editor like Claude Code that has no editor, Zed appears to be the 2026 version of where VS Code began as a lightweight, open-source, durable alternative side editor.
For those who are used to Windows keystrokes but also develop on a Mac, while the default Zed Windows keybindings work fairly well, I made some nuanced adjustments to help for those who may have a keyboard history with editors like VS Code and SublimeText.
One note, if you find keys don't work as expected, you may find a conflicting default binding in the Keybindings panel — simply delete the conflicting default keybinding and the override should work. I had to do this with a handful of keystrokes.