title: Collaboration description: "Real-time collaboration in Zed: share projects, edit code together, and communicate with voice chat."

Collaboration {#collaboration}

Zed supports real-time multiplayer editing. Multiple people can work in the same project simultaneously, seeing each other's cursors and edits as they happen.

Open the Collaboration Panel with {#kb collab_panel::ToggleFocus}. You'll need to sign in to access collaboration features.

Collaboration Panel {#collaboration-panel}

The Collaboration Panel has two sections:

1. Channels: Persistent project rooms for team collaboration, with shared projects and voice chat.
2. Contacts and Private Calls: Your contacts list for ad-hoc private sessions.

Warning: Sharing a project gives collaborators access to your local file system within that project. Only collaborate with people you trust.

See the Data and Privacy FAQs for more details.