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Welcome to Glass

Glass is a fast, modern code editor built on the foundation of Zed, designed for developers who value speed, simplicity, and powerful AI integration.
Glass is a fork of Zed Industries’ Zed editor, enhanced with additional features and optimizations for development workflows.

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Why Glass?

Glass combines the best aspects of modern code editors with cutting-edge AI capabilities:

Blazing Fast Performance

Written in Rust and built on the GPUI framework for native performance. Opens instantly, handles large codebases effortlessly.

AI-Powered Development

Built-in AI assistant with support for multiple providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama). Agent panel, inline assistance, and intelligent code completion.

Multiplayer Collaboration

Real-time collaboration features built into the core. Share your workspace, pair program, and code together seamlessly.

Extensible & Customizable

Rich extension ecosystem for languages, themes, and tools. Full control over keybindings, settings, and appearance.

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Key Features

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Intelligent Editing

  • Tree-sitter powered syntax highlighting and code navigation
  • LSP integration for diagnostics, completions, and refactoring
  • Multi-cursor editing with smart selection expansion
  • Project-wide search and replace with regex support

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AI Integration

  • Agent Panel: Conversational AI assistant with tool access
  • Inline Assistant: Context-aware code generation and editing
  • Edit Prediction: Real-time AI suggestions as you type
  • Multiple Providers: Support for Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama, and more

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Developer Tools

  • Integrated Terminal with multiple shell support
  • Git Integration with inline diff views and commit workflows
  • Debugger support with breakpoints and variable inspection
  • Task Runner for build scripts and custom commands

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Collaboration

  • Real-time editing with multiple users
  • Voice chat and screen sharing
  • Shared projects with synchronized state

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Supported Platforms

Glass runs on modern operating systems with native performance:
  • macOS 12 (Monterey) and later
  • Linux with Vulkan 1.3 support (x86_64 and aarch64)
  • Windows 10 (version 1903) and later

Installation

Get Glass installed on your system

Quick Start

Open your first project and start coding

Configuration

Customize Glass to match your workflow

AI Features

Learn about AI-powered development

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Community & Support

Glass is built on open-source foundations and welcomes contributions:
Ready to get started? Head to the Installation guide to set up Glass on your machine.

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