# Zeta 2 by Zed Industries

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Zeta 2 by Zed Industries and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free open-weights autocomplete model from Zed that runs locally, so code stays on your machine. One critic finds it conservative, rarely proposing more than a few obvious lines.

## Why people recommend it

- Higher acceptance rate than before (1 comments): "Zeta 2 has ~30% higher acceptance rate, which seems like a solid improvement." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47521692))
- Strong autocomplete quality (1 comments): "Zed has two very good autocomplete models" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47866911))
- Data stays on your machine (1 comments): "without data leaving your machine" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48077411))

## What people warn about

- Conservative, few obvious suggestions (1 comments): "This is a very conservative model that rarely tries to propose more than a few obvious lines" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49109764))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Sweep 1.5B](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sweep.md): 28 recommend
- [Supermaven](https://hackerapproved.com/p/supermaven.md): 10 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Zeta 2 by Zed Industries", https://hackerapproved.com/p/zeta-2/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).