Description
VS Code keeps eating more memory, and a few big projects later the fans spin up. Wu is a native code editor written in Rust with no Electron and no webviews: it opens instantly and stays responsive on large views. It is a fork of Zed with a cleaner design.
By the author's benchmarks, idle memory is about 49% lower than VS Code and about 29% lower when searching a repository. Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode are built in, there is no account to sign in to, and no usage data is sent anywhere. Install with one command on macOS and Linux, or use the Windows installer; GPL licensed.
Native speed:no Electron, quick start and smooth large views.
Agents built in:Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode are supported out of the box.
Lighter footprint:lower memory than VS Code and Zed, with public benchmarks.
No account or telemetry:nothing to sign in to and no usage data sent.
All platforms:builds for macOS (Apple silicon and Intel), Windows and Linux.
By the author's benchmarks, idle memory is about 49% lower than VS Code and about 29% lower when searching a repository. Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode are built in, there is no account to sign in to, and no usage data is sent anywhere. Install with one command on macOS and Linux, or use the Windows installer; GPL licensed.
Features
Native speed:no Electron, quick start and smooth large views.
Agents built in:Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode are supported out of the box.
Lighter footprint:lower memory than VS Code and Zed, with public benchmarks.
No account or telemetry:nothing to sign in to and no usage data sent.
All platforms:builds for macOS (Apple silicon and Intel), Windows and Linux.
