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..173ff8b85bca12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/zed/patches/0001-tweak-default-conf-for-privacy.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+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
+@@ -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.
+   //
diff --git a/srcpkgs/zed/template b/srcpkgs/zed/template
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index 00000000000000..a3b9482a2b839a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/zed/template
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Template file for 'zed'
+pkgname=zed
+version=0.231.1
+revision=1
+archs="x86_64* aarch64*"
+build_style=cargo
+make_build_args="--package cli --package zed" #  --package remote_server # reason below
+make_check_args="--workspace"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config cmake gettext perl libzstd-devel bzip2-devel protobuf"
+makedepends="gettext-devel elfutils-devel alsa-lib-devel fontconfig-devel glib-devel libva-devel libxcb-devel libxkbcommon-devel libzstd-devel openssl-devel wayland-devel vulkan-loader sqlite-devel libX11-devel libgit2-1.9-devel"
+short_desc="High-performance multiplayer code editor"
+maintainer="JudahJL <judahlegy@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://zed.dev/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=1e7f356e3498d432501033578c5d4a6f56aff611b9204a35ad6245b8b33b2abf
+make_check=ci-skip # too slow and memory-intensive for build environment(OS killed test process and compilation & test on average used ~50 Gb of memory locally)
+# https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/actions/runs/24108190211/job/70336496775 for reference
+
+pre_build() {
+	echo -n stable > crates/zed/RELEASE_CHANNEL
+	export RELEASE_VERSION="${version}"
+	export ZED_UPDATE_EXPLANATION="Please use 'xbps-install -Su' to update."
+	export ZED_BUNDLE=true
+
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		export PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_CROSS=1
+
+		# workaround the cc-rs mixing CFLAGS for host and target.
+		# https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/issues/1469
+		export CFLAGS_${RUST_BUILD//-/_}="${CFLAGS_host}" \
+			   CXXFLAGS_${RUST_BUILD//-/_}="${CXXFLAGS_host}" \
+			   LDFLAGS_${RUST_BUILD//-/_}="${LDFLAGS_host}" \
+			   CFLAGS_${RUST_TARGET//-/_}="${CFLAGS}" \
+			   CXXFLAGS_${RUST_TARGET//-/_}="${CXXFLAGS}" \
+			   LDFLAGS_${RUST_TARGET//-/_}="${LDFLAGS}" \
+			   CFLAGS="" CXXFLAGS="" LDFLAGS=""
+	fi
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin "target/${RUST_TARGET}/release/cli" zed-cli
+	vinstall "target/${RUST_TARGET}/release/zed" 755 usr/libexec zed-editor
+	# TODO 1: https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/c372f246a0790da012dddbe3935ee2758a3a9c3b/script/bundle-linux#L87-L88 seperately build remote_server. will include it later.
+	# TODO 2: confirm install location of remote_server
+	# vinstall "target/${RUST_TARGET}/release/remote_server" 755 usr/libexec
+
+	export APP_NAME="Zed"
+	export APP_CLI="zed-cli"
+	export APP_ICON="zed"
+	export APP_ARGS="%U"
+	export DO_STARTUP_NOTIFY="true"
+
+	envsubst < "crates/zed/resources/zed.desktop.in" > "dev.zed.Zed.desktop"
+	vinstall "dev.zed.Zed.desktop" 644 usr/share/applications
+
+	vinstall "crates/zed/resources/app-icon.png" 644 usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps zed.png
+	vinstall "crates/zed/resources/app-icon@2x.png" 644 usr/share/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps zed.png
+}