1. Project Overview & Quickstart (jellydn/zed-101-setup) Copy Chapter

File: README.md Copy Chapter

Welcome to zed-101-setup 👋

Your ultimate guide to setting up Zed Editor with Vim mode, tailored settings, and key bindings for a seamless coding experience

Introduction Copy Chapter

The Zed Editor 101 setup guide is designed to help you configure Zed Editor to enhance your development workflow. Whether you’re a Vim enthusiast or looking to boost your productivity with custom settings and key bindings, this guide provides all the necessary steps and resources. Follow along to get your Zed Editor configured with Nerd Font, Vim mode, local AI assistance, and more.

Quick Install Copy Chapter

Deploy the entire Zed configuration with a single command:

sh install.sh

This backs up your existing settings.json, keymap.json, and tasks.json to a timestamped directory, then copies the repo versions into ~/.config/zed. To restore, run the cp command printed at the end.

Nerd Font Copy Chapter

Install Nerd Font using the following command:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getnf/getnf/main/install.sh | bash
getnf

zed-codemux Copy Chapter

This setup uses zed-codemux as the default terminal shell, providing a multiplexer experience within Zed Editor. Install via:

cargo install codemux

Then configure in settings.json:

"terminal": {
  "shell": {
    "program": "/path/to/codemux"
  }
}

FFF GUI Copy Chapter

This setup integrates fff-gpui, a native-GUI fuzzy file finder and grep tool for Zed. It provides quick file navigation and project-wide search with a minimal TUI interface.

Install via:

brew tap th0jensen/fff-gpui
brew install fff-gpui

Keybindings:

Vim mode Copy Chapter

For detailed Vim mode setup instructions, refer to the Zed Vim Mode Documentation.

Settings Copy Section

Update your settings.json file with the following configuration:

/* Detailed source-code truncated for AI context efficiency. */

LSP Testing Examples Copy Section

LSP configuration recipes for rust-analyzer, gopls, vtsls, and biome are in example/lsp-settings.jsonc. Copy the relevant block into the "lsp" section of your settings.json to enable it.

Each example showcases different LSP capabilities — diagnostics, formatting, code actions, inlay hints, and refactoring — useful for testing LSP integrations in Zed.

Example code files for each LSP server are available in the example/ directory to verify the features listed above.

Keymaps Copy Chapter

Update your keymap.json file with the following key bindings:

/* Detailed source-code truncated for AI context efficiency. */

Tasks Copy Chapter

Update your tasks.json file with the following task definitions:

// tasks.json, generated at Sat Jun 13 2026 16:13:20 GMT+0800 (Singapore Standard Time)
[
  {
    "label": "fff-gpui: Files",
    "command": "EDITOR=zed fff-gpui --open .",
    "use_new_terminal": false,
    "allow_concurrent_runs": false,
    "reveal": "never",
    "reveal_target": "dock",
    "hide": "always",
    "shell": "system",
    "show_summary": false,
    "show_command": false,
    "save": "none",
  },
  {
    "label": "fff-gpui: Grep",
    "command": "EDITOR=zed fff-gpui --open . --grep",
    "use_new_terminal": false,
    "allow_concurrent_runs": false,
    "reveal": "never",
    "reveal_target": "dock",
    "hide": "always",
    "shell": "system",
    "show_summary": false,
    "show_command": false,
    "save": "none",
  },
]

Task Markers for FFF GUI Copy Section

The tasks above enable the space f f and space f g keybindings defined in Keymaps. They spawn fff-gpui with the current directory as root.

• fff-gpui: Files — Opens an interactive file picker using fff-gpui
• fff-gpui: Grep — Opens an interactive grep search across project files

Setup local AI with Ollama Copy Chapter

This config already includes Ollama support via the language_models.ollama setting pointing at http://localhost:11434. To use local AI:

1. Install Ollama — https://ollama.com
2. Pull a model — e.g., ollama pull llama3.2
3. Start the server — ollama serve (or launch the app)

Zed automatically discovers pulled Ollama models through the api_url setting. No additional config is needed — the models appear in the agent model picker alongside cloud providers.

Refer to Zed's Ollama docs for more details.

Recommend extensions Copy Chapter

• biomejs/biome-zed: Biome extension for Zed
• oxc-project/zed-oxc: Oxc extension for Zed
• zed-industries/zed: Ruff

Resources Copy Chapter

• Text Manipulation Kung Fu for the Aspiring Black Belt
• Vim - Zed
• JavaScript - Zed
• Bringing Interactive Computing to Zed: Introducing REPL Support
• Leaving Neovim for Zed • Steve Simkins
• Other Zed config
• Maple Font - A Nerd Font with ligatures
• Maple Theme for Zed

How to generate the settings Copy Chapter

sh cli.sh

Author Copy Chapter

👤 Huynh Duc Dung

• Website: https://productsway.com/
• Twitter: @jellydn
• Github: @jellydn

Show your support Copy Chapter

If this guide has been helpful, please give it a ⭐️.

Contributors ✨ Copy Chapter

Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):

This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!

File: example/README.md Copy Chapter

zed-bun-example

To install dependencies:

bun install

To run:

bun run index.ts

This project was created using bun init in bun v1.1.10. Bun is a fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime.

LSP Testing Examples Copy Chapter

These files exercise the LSP configurations in settings.json:

Copy the relevant LSP block from lsp-settings.jsonc into your settings.json "lsp" section to enable each LSP before testing.

2. Official Technical Reference & Guides (jellydn/docs) Copy Chapter

Mintlify Starter Kit

Click on Use this template to copy the Mintlify starter kit. The starter kit contains examples including

• Guide pages
• Navigation
• Customizations
• API Reference pages
• Use of popular components

Development Copy Section

Install the Mintlify CLI to preview the documentation changes locally. To install, use the following command

npm i mintlify

Run the following command at the root of your documentation (where mint.json is)

mintlify dev

Publishing Changes Copy Section

Install our Github App to auto propagate changes from your repo to your deployment. Changes will be deployed to production automatically after pushing to the default branch. Find the link to install on your dashboard.

Troubleshooting

• Mintlify dev isn't running - Run mintlify install it'll re-install dependencies.
• Page loads as a 404 - Make sure you are running in a folder with mint.json