product · May 22, 2026

Zed Publishes Guide on Running Local AI Models in Editor

Zed team member Cameron Mcloughlin published the post 'Why and How to Run Local Models in Zed' on May 19, 2026. The guide details setup with LM Studio, Ollama, and llama.cpp plus recommended models such as Qwen 3.6 35B A3B. Local model usage in Zed agents grew 3x over the prior 10 weeks according to the post. Zed supports all three local runtimes out of the box and positions local options as a hedge against provider pricing changes.