diff --git a/srcpkgs/zed/patches/0001-tweak-default-conf-for-privacy.patch b/srcpkgs/zed/patches/0001-tweak-default-conf-for-privacy.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2a279491dfdf33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/zed/patches/0001-tweak-default-conf-for-privacy.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+diff --git a/assets/settings/default.json b/assets/settings/default.json
+index 743ec54..47b356c 100644
+--- a/assets/settings/default.json
++++ b/assets/settings/default.json
+@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
+   "base_keymap": "VSCode",
+   // Features that can be globally enabled or disabled
+   "features": {
++    //disables copilot by default
++    "copilot": false,
+     // Which inline completion provider to use.
+-    "inline_completion_provider": "copilot"
++    "inline_completion_provider": "none"
+   },
+   // The name of a font to use for rendering text in the editor
+   "buffer_font_family": "Zed Plex Mono",
+@@ -377,7 +379,7 @@
+     // Version of this setting.
+     "version": "2",
+     // Whether the assistant is enabled.
+-    "enabled": true,
++    "enabled": false,
+     // Whether to show the assistant panel button in the status bar.
+     "button": true,
+     // Where to dock the assistant panel. Can be 'left', 'right' or 'bottom'.
+@@ -497,13 +499,13 @@
+   // 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
+   },
+   // Automatically update Zed. This setting may be ignored on Linux if
+   // installed through a package manager.
+-  "auto_update": true,
++  "auto_update": false,
+   // Diagnostics configuration.
+   "diagnostics": {
+     // Whether to show warnings or not by default.
+@@ -559,7 +561,7 @@
+     // May take 2 values:
+     // 1. hour12
+     // 2. hour24
+-    "hour_format": "hour12"
++    "hour_format": "hour24"
+   },
+   // Settings specific to the terminal
+   "terminal": {
+diff --git a/assets/settings/initial_user_settings.json b/assets/settings/initial_user_settings.json
+index 705dc30..eee9d55 100644
+--- a/assets/settings/initial_user_settings.json
++++ b/assets/settings/initial_user_settings.json
+@@ -7,11 +7,38 @@
+ // custom settings, run the `zed: Open Default Settings` command
+ // from the command palette
+ {
++  //The default font size for text in the UI
+   "ui_font_size": 16,
++  //The default font size for text in the editor
+   "buffer_font_size": 16,
+   "theme": {
+     "mode": "system",
+     "light": "One Light",
+     "dark": "One Dark"
+   }
++
++// The following settings have been changed from the upstream defaults to
++// improve security and privacy. Here are the upstream defaults, you can
++// uncomment them if you like.
++//
++// "features": {
++//   // Enable copilot (provided by an online service).
++//   "copilot": true,
++//   "inline_completion_provider": "copilot"
++// },
++// "assistant": {
++//   "version": "1",
++//   // Enable the assistant (provided by an online service).
++//   "enabled": true
++// },
++// "telemetry": {
++//   // Send debug info like crash reports to Zed Industries.
++//   "diagnostics": true,
++//   // Send anonymized usage data like what languages you're using Zed with
++//   // to Zed Industries.
++//   "metrics": true
++// },
++// "journal": {
++//   "hour_format": "hour12"
++// }
+ }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/zed/patches/0002-change-bin-name.patch b/srcpkgs/zed/patches/0002-change-bin-name.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..670dfd4ec67eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/zed/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
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ authors = ["Zed Team <hi@zed.dev>"]
+ workspace = true
+ 
+ [[bin]]
+-name = "zed"
++name = "zedit"
+ path = "src/main.rs"
+ 
+ [dependencies]
diff --git a/srcpkgs/zed/template b/srcpkgs/zed/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9080d5dbd0f777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/zed/template
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Template file for 'zed'
+pkgname=zed
+version=0.147.2
+revision=1
+archs="x86_64* aarch64*"
+build_style=cargo
+make_install_args="--path crates/zed"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config protobuf gettext mold clang18"
+makedepends="alsa-lib-devel fontconfig-devel libxcb-devel libxkbcommon-devel
+libzstd-devel wayland-devel vulkan-loader openssl-devel libgit2-1.8-devel"
+depends="git"
+checkdepends="noto-fonts-ttf"
+short_desc="High-performance, multiplayer code editor"
+maintainer="SpidFightFR <spidfight@swisscows.email>"
+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="eec86197970729ee5d8acad578417e0c18f4909991e31b6f48ad623af5949042"
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense ${wrksrc}/LICENSE-AGPL
+	APP_NAME="Zed" DO_STARTUP_NOTIFY="true" APP_ICON="zed" APP_CLI="zedit" envsubst < ${wrksrc}/crates/zed/resources/zed.desktop.in > ${wrksrc}/crates/zed/resources/zed.desktop
+	vinstall ${wrksrc}/crates/zed/resources/zed.desktop 644 usr/share/applications/
+	vinstall ${wrksrc}/crates/zed/resources/app-icon.png 644 usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/ zed.png
+}