Zeta 2 by Zed Industries
Ranked 4 of 4 code autocompletes by recommenders
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.
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.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Higher acceptance rate than before
“Zeta 2 has ~30% higher acceptance rate, which seems like a solid improvement.”
Comment from 25 Mar 2026 in “We Rebuilt Zeta from the Training Data Up” Strong autocomplete quality
“Zed has two very good autocomplete models”
Comment from 22 Apr 2026 in “SpaceX Strikes Deal With Cursor for $60 Billion” Data stays on your machine
“without data leaving your machine”
Comment from 9 May 2026 in “Zed Editor Theme-Builder”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Conservative, few obvious suggestions
“This is a very conservative model that rarely tries to propose more than a few obvious lines”
Comment from 30 Jul 2026 in “OpenJDK Interim Policy on Generative AI”
Other code autocompletes people recommend
The three most recommended other code autocompletes, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweep 1.5B | 28 | 3 | 90% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Supermaven | 10 | 3 | 77% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Cursor Tab | 9 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
| Zeta 2 by Zed IndustriesThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This is a very conservative model that rarely tries to propose more than a few obvious lines”
“without data leaving your machine”
“Zed has two very good autocomplete models”
“Zeta 2 has ~30% higher acceptance rate, which seems like a solid improvement.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.