title: Installing Extensions description: "Browse, install, and manage extensions from the Zed Extension Gallery."
Installing Extensions {#installing-extensions}
Extensions add functionality to Zed, including languages, themes, and AI tools. Browse and install them from the Extension Gallery.
Open the Extension Gallery with {#kb zed::Extensions}, or select "Zed > Extensions" from the menu bar.
Installation Location
- On macOS, extensions are installed in
~/Library/Application Support/Zed/extensions. - On Linux, they are installed in either
$XDG_DATA_HOME/zed/extensionsor~/.local/share/zed/extensions. - On Windows, the directory is
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Zed\extensions.
This directory contains two subdirectories:
installed, which contains the source code for each extension.workwhich contains files created by the extension itself, such as downloaded language servers.
Auto-installing
To automate extension installation/uninstallation see the docs for auto_install_extensions.