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title: Collaboration
description: "Real-time collaboration in Zed: share projects, edit code together, and communicate with voice chat."
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# 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](../authentication.md#signing-in) to access collaboration features.

## Collaboration Panel {#collaboration-panel}

The Collaboration Panel has two sections:

1. [Channels](./channels.md): Persistent project rooms for team collaboration, with shared projects and voice chat.
2. [Contacts and Private Calls](./contacts-and-private-calls.md): 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](https://zed.dev/faq#data-and-privacy) for more details.