Zig

Learning Resources 🔗

• https://ziglang.org/learn/overview/
• https://ziglang.org/learn/getting-started/
• https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/How-to-read-the-standard-library-source-code
• https://ziggit.dev/
• https://zig.guide/
• https://codeberg.org/ziglings/exercises/
• https://exercism.org/tracks/zig
• https://www.openmymind.net/learning_zig/
• https://www.youtube.com/@dudethebuilder
  • https://codeberg.org/dude_the_builder
  • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtB7CL7EG7pCw7Xy1SQC53Gl8pI7aDg9t
    • https://codeberg.org/dude_the_builder/zig_in_depth
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hINC-pmcnbg&list=PLtB7CL7EG7pDKdSBA_AlNYrEsISOHBOQL
    • https://codeberg.org/dude_the_builder/zig_master
• https://www.youtube.com/@sphaerophoria
• https://github.com/oven-sh/bun
• https://github.com/tigerbeetle/tigerbeetle/
  • https://github.com/tigerbeetle/tigerbeetle/blob/main/docs/TIGER_STYLE.md
  • https://tigerstyle.dev/
• https://cookbook.ziglang.cc/
• Zig type system illustrated using ascii diagrams

Blog posts / Tips 🔗

• https://matklad.github.io/2024/03/21/defer-patterns.html
• https://matklad.github.io/2025/03/19/comptime-zig-orm.html
• https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-debugging-with-lldb/3931/7

Packages 🔗

• ANDRVV/zprof: Cross-allocator profiler for Zig
• zlint: A linter for the Zig programming language
• zig-interface: A compile-time interface checker for Zig that enables interface-based design with comprehensive type checking and detailed error reporting
• zigfsm
• zap: blazingly fast backends in zig
• jetzig: Web framework written in Zig
  • https://www.youtube.com/@JetzigWebFramework
• zig-cli: A simple package for building command line apps in Zig
• libxev: libxev is a cross-platform, high-performance event loop that provides abstractions for non-blocking IO, timers, events, and more and works on Linux (io_uring or epoll), macOS (kqueue), and Wasm + WASI. Available as both a Zig and C API
• getty: A (de)serialization framework for Zig
• ohsnap: Easy Snapshot Testing for Zig
• poop: Performance Optimizer Observation Platform
  • Darwin performance counter observation library that requires root privileges
• coz: Causal Profiling
• zig-clap: Command line argument parsing library
• gremlin.zig: A zero-dependency Google Protocol Buffers implementation in pure Zig. Single allocation encode and lazy decode
• spice: Fine-grained parallelism with sub-nanosecond overhead
• nexlog: A modern, feature-rich logging library for Zig with thread-safety, file rotation, and colorized output. High-performance logging made easy
• https://ziggy-lang.io/
• xataio/pgzx: Create PostgreSQL extensions using Zig
• nektro/zig-extras: An assortment of random utility functions that aren’t in std and don’t need to be their own package
• nektro/zig-pek: A comptime HTML preprocessor with a builtin template engine for Zig
• libvaxis: a modern tui library written in zig
• backstage: experimental actor framework

Snippets 🔗

• test_runner.zig
• build.zig file which automatically creates executables for all .main.zig files in src/
• build.zig for sqlite amalgamation
• https://goreleaser.com/customization/builds/#build-zig-binaries
• https://ziggit.dev/t/github-actions-mlugg-setup-zig/4659

Debugging with Xcode 🔗

1. Open Xcode
2. Debug > Attach to Process OR Debug > Debug Executable…
   1. Options > Console > Xcode (with Standard Input) — if needed
   2. Set breakpoints with ⌥ + ⌘ + \

Debugging with lldb 🔗

• https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-debugging-with-lldb/3931/7
• https://github.com/jacobly0/llvm-project/tree/lldb-zig

Scripting 🔗

https://cryptocode.github.io/blog/docs/shebang/

//usr/bin/env zig run "$0" -- "$@" ; exit 
const std = @import("std");
pub fn main() !void {
    std.log.info("Awesome, it works!", .{});
}

$ chmod +x myscript.zig
$ ./script.zig
info: Awesome, it works!

Watcher 🔗

$ zig build check -fincremental --prominent-compile-errors --watch
$ zig build -fincremental --prominent-compile-errors --watch

# Maybe use watchexec?
$ watchexec -e zig "zig fmt . && zig check . && zig test ."