# Zed Delta

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Zed Delta and 8 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for keeping context from agent conversations, with annotation and sharing features and a solid alpha experience. Critics question the value of the sharing focus and warn of lock-in.

## Why people recommend it

- Annotating and keeping agent conversation context (2 comments): "This is a really cool idea. So much context is lost within agent conversations these days" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49288627)) "Directly annotating parts of the convo is the feature that really unlocked Delta for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49277319))
- Solid, well-regarded experience so far (3 comments): "It's a solid experience so far (have been testing the alpha)." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49277310)) "It's very good, especially compared to tools like Conductor." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49277273)) "it's actually a cool feature" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286894))

## What people warn about

- Little value in niche sharing (2 comments): "I can't see the value in keeping the work-in-progress artifacts. The sharing aspect is niche" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49280976)) "I don't really see much value in this anymore." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49276928))
- Seen as wrong direction (2 comments): "it looks like the mix of the worst parts of Google Docs and Slack" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49279849)) "this looks like a step in the wrong direction" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49277593))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Windsurf](https://hackerapproved.com/p/windsurf.md): 42 recommend
- [AWS Kiro](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kiro.md): 36 recommend
- [JetBrains Air](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jetbrains-air.md): 13 recommend
- [ThinkRail by JetBrains](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jetbrains-thinkrail.md): 11 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Zed Delta", https://hackerapproved.com/p/zed-delta/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).