🧠 Zed Default Editor Setup Script

This is a simple script to make Zed—or its Preview/Nightly builds—your default editor for all text/code files on macOS.

It:

• Installs duti if needed
• Asks if you want to use Zed, Zed Preview, or Zed Nightly
• Associates a broad set of file types (including .mdx, .ts, .py, .json, .kt, .cs, .sql, etc.) with Zed
• Automatically sets them via duti in one shot

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🚀 Quickstart

🧪 Option 1: One-liner Installer

No need to download anything — just run this in your terminal:

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JohnnyHoff/zed-default-editor/refs/heads/main/set_zed_defaults.sh)

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🧰 Option 2: Manual Clone + Run

git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/zed-default-editor.git
cd zed-default-editor
chmod +x set_zed_defaults.sh
./set_zed_defaults.sh

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📦 Requirements

• macOS
• Homebrew installed (used to install duti)

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🧠 What’s Covered?

This script sets Zed as the default app for:

• Plain text files (.txt, .md, .log, .ini)
• Code files (.js, .ts, .py, .rs, .kt, .cs, .sql, .html, .css, etc.)
• Configs (.json, .xml, .yml, .plist)
• Markdown & MDX files (.md, .mdx)
• Scripts (.sh, .bash, .php, .rb, etc.)

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🛑 Troubleshooting

If Zed isn’t detected:

• Make sure it's installed in /Applications
• You can re-run the script any time

If Markdown files still open in Zed Preview:

• Re-run the script and choose Zed
• Restart Finder or log out/in to refresh Launch Services

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🧑‍💻 Contributing

Feel free to PR more file types, support for other editors, or general improvements!

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📝 License

MIT