I have been using Cursor ever since it launched, but always reverted back to Zed. I love Zed for what their team stands for, which is performance and simplicity.
While using Cursor, one of the best features I experienced was the in-line diffs that shows up after the AI suggests some changes. You can now make Zed adopt such behavior by enabling the inline diffs feature in the settings.
Just add this to your settings.json file:
"assistant": {
"enable_experimental_live_diffs": true,
"default_model": {
"provider": "zed.dev",
"model": "claude-3-5-sonnet-latest"
},
"version": "2"
}This small change makes Zed’s AI assistance feel much more interactive and intuitive, bringing the best of both editors together.