Gram: Completely AI-free coding editor
The new coding editor Gram is based on Zed but dispenses with many functions such as coding assistants, telemetry, and automatic updates.
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Completely against the trend, there is now a coding editor that completely dispenses with AI functions: Gram 1. It is based on the editor Zed and dispenses with AI, automatic updates, telemetry, subscriptions, and collaboration.
As a reason for the split from Zed, the blog states in particular the rapid development of Zed, which increasingly provided the author with irrelevant patches. "From now on, I have decided to stop." The rejection of AI is justified by the author of the post – presumably the main contributor to the project Kristoffer Grönlund – by the fact that, as a teacher, he has found that students can no longer learn a programming language because the coding assistant immediately kicks in: "They get as far as typing 'pr-', and the editor immediately starts bombarding the students with nonsensical suggestions, prompts, and distractions."
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Zed extensions can be used
Since Gram is based on Zed, its extensions still work, but users have to build them from the source and update them themselves. Automatic updates are deactivated. Language servers and Node.js also need to be added manually. On the other hand, the documentation is integrated into the editor, and it supports other languages such as Gleam, Zig, and Odin.
Binaries for the editor written in Rust are available for Mac and Linux, and further information can be found in the blog and on Codeberg. Here it is clearly stated: "Agents are banned from this project." Incidentally, Zed itself also offers a way to turn off AI functions.
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