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PaddleBoard

PaddleBoard is a fork of Zed tuned for AI-native development. It keeps Zed’s speed, GPU-accelerated rendering, LSP, debugger, terminal, and git workflow, then layers on the pieces a modern coding agent actually needs — on your terms:

  • Bring-your-own-key models — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Vertex AI, Bedrock, and more. No hosted plan, no upsells.
  • An agent workbench — an agent panel with delegation, plus first-class support for the ADK, LangGraph, CrewAI, and AutoGen frameworks.
  • The AI Dock — install and manage agents, skills, and MCP servers from one place.
  • Private by default — telemetry is hard-disabled at the source; no account required.

Status: alpha. Build from source — there are no released binaries yet, and builds are not yet notarized by Apple. See Getting Started.

These docs are task-oriented “how-to” guides. For a quick in-app tour, open the command palette and run workspace: Open Paddle Board Tour.