Apps
Zed Editor
Built on GPUI and a Rust-based client, Zed stores local cache data to speed up startup, workspace indexing, UI rendering, and embedded web content. Those folders can accumulate compiled shader artifacts, SQLite and LMDB-style index data, downloaded extension or language-server artifacts, HTTP response bodies, image assets, and rolling log files that remain after updates or crashes. Kudu removes only Zed's disposable cache and log files so the editor can rebuild them cleanly on next launch, without touching projects, settings, keybindings, accounts, or saved credentials.
Why clean Zed Editor?
- Stale GPU shader and rendering cache after a graphics driver or OS update can cause black panes, flickering UI, or brief freezes when opening files and switching tabs
- Corrupted workspace index data makes global search, symbol lookup, or file picker results incomplete, delayed, or obviously out of date until the index is rebuilt
- Old downloaded language-server or extension artifacts can mismatch a newer Zed build, leading to missing completions, broken diagnostics, or extensions that fail to start
- Accumulated HTTP and image cache entries can leave extension marketplace thumbnails, remote content, or sign-in related views blank, slow, or stuck on older responses
- Crash logs and verbose session logs can grow unusually large after repeated startup failures or extension errors, wasting disk space and making new issues harder to isolate
- If Zed's local SQLite-backed metadata becomes heavily fragmented, searches and workspace operations can feel slower; VACUUM rewrites the database into a compact file without deleting rows
What gets cleaned
Cache paths Kudu targets
macOS
~/Library/Caches/dev.zed.Zed |
~/Library/Logs/Zed |
Linux
~/.cache/zed |
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