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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 429 days ago, with 396 contributors on GitHub.
Gained 120% fewer stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a general-purpose programming language and toolchain focused on robust, optimal, and reusable software development.
- Offers a self-contained, easily deployable compiler with or without LLVM, enabling flexible build environments and system integration.
- Use for developing high-performance system software requiring fine-grained control over memory and hardware.
- Use for creating cross-platform applications with minimal dependencies and straightforward deployment.
- Use for compiling C codebases or integrating with C toolchains when LLVM is unavailable or undesired.
Should you depend on it?
License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.
License
MIT
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.
Community files
- README: present
Watch-outs
- No commits in the last six months (last push Nov 2025).
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From the README
A general-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.
If you are looking at this README file in a source tree, please refer to the Release Notes, Language Reference, or Standard Library Documentation corresponding to the version of Zig that you are using by following the appropriate link on the download page.
Otherwise, you're looking at a release of Zig, so you can find the language reference at
doc/langref.html, and the standard library documentation by runningzig std, which will open a browser tab.A Zig installation is composed of two things:
At runtime, the executable searches up the file system for the lib/ directory, relative to itself:
In other words, you can unpack a release of Zig anywhere, and then begin using it immediately. There is no need to install it globally, although this mechanism supports that use case too (i.e.
/usr/bin/zigand/usr/lib/zig/).
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
3.1K-95
Open issues
2.7K-152
Compared with peers in Development
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ziglang/zig | 43.3K | — | 35 | 429 days ago |
| microsoft/vcpkg | 27.6K | — | 75 | 21 days ago |
| htr-tech/zphisher | 17.2K | — | 13 | — |
| TodePond/GulfOfMexico | 13.6K | — | 59 | 22 days ago |
| vanshb03/Summer2027-Internships | 9.2K | — | 40 | — |
| DevCaress/guia-entrevistas-de-programacion | 8.2K | — | 34 | 102 days ago |
| Category median | 13.6K | — | 40 | — |
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