Installing Neo Zed

Download Neo Zed

macOS

Get the latest stable builds via the download page. If you want to download the preview build, you can find it on the preview releases page. After the first manual installation, Neo Zed will periodically check for updates.

You can also install Neo Zed stable via Homebrew:

brew install --cask neozed

For the preview build:

brew install --cask neozed@preview

Windows

Get the latest stable builds via the download page. If you want to download the preview build, you can find it on the preview releases page. After the first manual installation, Neo Zed will periodically check for updates.

Additionally, you can install Neo Zed using winget:

winget install -e --id dev.neozed

For the preview build:

winget install -e --id dev.neozed.Preview

Linux

For most Linux users, the easiest way to install Neo Zed is through our installation script:

curl -f https://neozed.dev/install.sh | sh

You can now optionally specify a version of Neo Zed to install using the ZED_VERSION environment variable:

# Install the latest stable version (default)
curl -f https://neozed.dev/install.sh | sh

# Install a specific version
curl -f https://neozed.dev/install.sh | ZED_VERSION=0.216.0 sh

To install the preview build, which receives updates about a week ahead of stable:

curl -f https://neozed.dev/install.sh | ZED_CHANNEL=preview sh

This script supports x86_64 and aarch64, as well as common Linux distributions: Ubuntu, Arch, Debian, RedHat, CentOS, Fedora, and more.

If Neo Zed is installed using this installation script, it can be uninstalled at any time by running the shell command neozed --uninstall. The shell will then prompt you whether you'd like to keep your preferences or delete them. After making a choice, you should see a message that Neo Zed was successfully uninstalled.

If this script is insufficient for your use case, you run into problems running Neo Zed, or there are errors in uninstalling Neo Zed, please see our Linux-specific documentation.

System Requirements

macOS

Neo Zed supports the following macOS releases:

The macOS releases labeled "Partially Supported" (Big Sur and Catalina) do not support screen sharing via Neo Zed Collaboration. These features use the LiveKit SDK which relies upon ScreenCaptureKit.framework only available on macOS 12 (Monterey) and newer.

Mac Hardware

Neo Zed supports machines with Intel (x86_64) or Apple (aarch64) processors that meet the above macOS requirements:

• MacBook Pro (Early 2015 and newer)
• MacBook Air (Early 2015 and newer)
• MacBook (Early 2016 and newer)
• Mac Mini (Late 2014 and newer)
• Mac Pro (Late 2013 or newer)
• iMac (Late 2015 and newer)
• iMac Pro (all models)
• Mac Studio (all models)

Linux

Neo Zed supports 64-bit Intel/AMD (x86_64) and 64-bit Arm (aarch64) processors.

Neo Zed requires a Vulkan 1.3 driver and the following desktop portals:

• org.freedesktop.portal.FileChooser
• org.freedesktop.portal.OpenURI
• org.freedesktop.portal.Secret or org.freedesktop.Secrets

Windows

Neo Zed supports the following Windows releases:

A 64-bit operating system is required to run Neo Zed.

Windows Hardware

Neo Zed supports machines with x64 (Intel, AMD) or Arm64 (Qualcomm) processors that meet the following requirements:

• Graphics: A GPU that supports DirectX 11 (most PCs from 2012+).
• Driver: Current NVIDIA/AMD/Intel/Qualcomm driver (not the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter).

FreeBSD

Not yet available as an official download. Can be built from source.

Web

Not supported at this time.