Changelog

v0.1.1patch2026-10-01— Bug fixes

Comments, docstrings, heredocs and YAML block text that contain a blank line keep their color past the blank line instead of losing it
C and C++: plain function calls no longer draw in the builtin color
Bash: a first comment that isn't a shebang no longer draws in the shebang color
Ruby: all-caps constants no longer draw in the type color
Cargo.lock and Yarn 1 yarn.lock files print as plain text instead of being colored with the wrong language

v0.1.0minor2026-08-05— First public release

Syntax highlighting for 17 languages — full tree-sitter AST parse, grammars statically compiled in, highlight queries from nvim-treesitter
Precompiled highlight queries: ~5ms startup for every language, no per-language warmup
Zed JSON theme support — backgrounds, line numbers, gutter, bold and italic all theme-controlled; #rrggbbaa alpha colors composited against the editor background at load time
Two zero-cost built-in themes: UtilityDark (default) and UtilityBright, toggled with --dark / --light
--theme, --theme-dir (point it at ~/.config/zed/themes and use what you already have), --list-themes
--set-default-theme — save any theme as your default; stored precomputed, so it loads as fast as the built-ins
Language auto-detection from extension, filename, and shebang; --language to force one; --list-languages
stdin highlighting: cat file | dog -l swift
Auto-paging through less -R with --paging, -P/--no-pager, and -p/-pp plain modes
--color auto/always/never, honoring NO_COLOR and FORCE_COLOR
--wrap and --terminal-width for previewer panes
Shell completion generator for bash, zsh, and fish (--generate-completion-script)
--woof — browse language snippets through your current theme via fzf
Binaries for macOS (Apple silicon + Intel) and Linux (x86_64 + arm64)

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