diff --git a/srcpkgs/zed-editor/patches/0001-tweak-default-conf-for-privacy.patch b/srcpkgs/zed-editor/patches/0001-tweak-default-conf-for-privacy.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b355acbb655fe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/zed-editor/patches/0001-tweak-default-conf-for-privacy.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+diff --git a/assets/settings/default.json b/assets/settings/default.json
+index efb0cc9..08fc993 100644
+--- a/assets/settings/default.json
++++ b/assets/settings/default.json
+@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
+     // "calt": false
+   },
+   // The default font size for text in the editor
+-  "buffer_font_size": 15,
++  "buffer_font_size": 16,
+   // The weight of the editor font in standard CSS units from 100 to 900.
+   "buffer_font_weight": 400,
+   // Set the buffer's line height.
+@@ -1240,9 +1240,9 @@
+   // Control what info is collected by Zed.
+   "telemetry": {
+     // Send debug info like crash reports.
+-    "diagnostics": true,
++    "diagnostics": false,
+     // Send anonymized usage data like what languages you're using Zed with.
+-    "metrics": true,
++    "metrics": false
+   },
+   // Whether to disable all AI features in Zed.
+   //
+@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@
+   "disable_ai": false,
+   // Automatically update Zed. This setting may be ignored on Linux if
+   // installed through a package manager.
+-  "auto_update": true,
++  "auto_update": false,
+   // How to render LSP `textDocument/documentColor` colors in the editor.
+   //
+   // Possible values:
+@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@
+     // May take 2 values:
+     // 1. hour12
+     // 2. hour24
+-    "hour_format": "hour12",
++    "hour_format": "hour24",
+   },
+   // Status bar-related settings.
+   "status_bar": {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/zed-editor/patches/0002-change-bin-name.patch b/srcpkgs/zed-editor/patches/0002-change-bin-name.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..54963afb36bf8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/zed-editor/patches/0002-change-bin-name.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/crates/zed/Cargo.toml b/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
+index 54d16da..1ced68d 100644
+--- a/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
++++ b/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
+@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ workspace = true
+ tracy = ["ztracing/tracy"]
+ 
+ [[bin]]
+-name = "zed"
++name = "zed-editor"
+ path = "src/zed-main.rs"
+ 
+ [lib]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/zed-editor/template b/srcpkgs/zed-editor/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c90640cb839e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/zed-editor/template
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Template file for 'zed-editor'
+pkgname=zed-editor
+version=0.218.6
+revision=1
+archs="x86_64* aarch64*"
+build_style=cargo
+make_install_args="--path crates/zed"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config protobuf gettext mold clang cmake "
+makedepends="alsa-lib-devel fontconfig-devel libxcb-devel libxkbcommon-devel
+libzstd-devel wayland-devel vulkan-loader openssl-devel libgit2-1.9-devel sqlite-devel libX11-devel"
+depends="git"
+checkdepends="noto-fonts-ttf"
+short_desc="High-performance, multiplayer code editor"
+maintainer="Nizarjh <chel773@tutamail.com>"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later, Apache-2.0, AGPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://zed.dev/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=4192fc27529937f5fb7f3a8a95f021f04acdeadd4d205b0239fc90fc008c325a
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense ${wrksrc}/LICENSE-AGPL
+	APP_NAME="Zed Editor"
+	DO_STARTUP_NOTIFY="true"
+	APP_ICON="zed-editor"
+	APP_CLI="zed-editor"
+	envsubst < ${wrksrc}/crates/zed/resources/zed.desktop.in > ${wrksrc}/crates/zed/resources/dev.zed.Zed.desktop
+	vinstall ${wrksrc}/crates/zed/resources/dev.zed.Zed.desktop 644 usr/share/applications/
+	vinstall ${wrksrc}/crates/zed/resources/app-icon.png 644 usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/ zed.png
+}