awesome-zig

A list of awesome projects related to Zig
https://github.com/catdevnull/awesome-zig

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Compilers and interpreters
- LoLa Programming Language - ([GitHub](https://github.com/MasterQ32/LoLa)) An embeddable programming language for game scripting.
- squeek502/zua - An implementation of Lua 5.1 for learning purposes.
- CurtisFenner/zsmol - The new Smol compiler and reference.
- dantecatalfamo/brainfuck-zig - Brainfuck interpreter.
- dantecatalfamo/mruby-zig - [mruby](https://mruby.org/) bindings.
- dantecatalfamo/wren-zig - [wren](https://wren.io/) bindings.
- fubark/cyber - Fast and concurrent scripting.
- oven-sh/bun - Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, transpiler and package manager – all in one.
- fulcrum-so/ziggy-pydust - [Python](https://python.org/) bindings.
Emulators
- sourgrasses/ichigo - Virtual Boy emulator.
- fengb/fundude - Gameboy emulator for WASM.
- GrooveStomp/chip8-zig - CHIP-8 emulator.
- floooh/kc85.zig - A KC85 emulator.
- Arwalk/ChipZ
Game tools and libraries
- user00e00/sudokuinzig - Simple and robust sudoku solver.
- hazeycode/brucelib - Monorepo of modules for programming cross-platforms games, simulations, engines & editors.
- hexops/mach - Game engine and graphics toolkit.
- floooh/sokol-zig - [Sokol](https://github.com/floooh/sokol) bindings.
- TM35-Metronome/tm35-nds - A library for working with Nintendo DS roms.
- wendigojaeger/ZigGBA - SDK for creating Game Boy Advance games using Zig.
- andy5995/zigdeck - A library that creates and shuffles a deck of cards from which you can draw.
- michal-z/zig-gamedev - DirectX 12 game development ecosystem.
- TM35-Metronome/metronome - A set of tools for modifying and randomizing Pokémon games.
GUI
- andrewrk/zig-sdl - Self-contained SDL2 package for Zig.
- ifreund/river - Dynamic wayland compositor that takes inspiration from dwm and bspwm.
- david-vanderson/gui - Immediate mode GUI for Zig.
- ifreund/river - Dynamic wayland compositor that takes inspiration from dwm and bspwm.
- capy-ui/capy - Cross-platform library for making true native GUIs.
- Aransentin/ZWL - Zig Windowing Library.
- prime31/zig-upaya - GUI toolkit.
- fubark/cosmic - GUI toolkit.
- batiati/IUPforZig - Zig idiomatic and type-checked bindings for IUP Portable User Interface Toolkit.
- Snektron/vulkan-zig - Vulkan binding generator.
- Avokadoen/zig_vulkan - Toy renderer using Vulkan and GLFW.
- andrewrk/zig-vulkan-triangle - Simple triangle displayed using Vulkan, GLFW, and Zig.
- kassane/QML-zig - QML bindings.
- cshenton/learnopengl - [Learn OpenGL](https://learnopengl.com) tutorials ported to Zig.
- Nelarius/weekend-raytracer-zig - An implementation of the "Ray Tracing in One Weekend" book.
- SpexGuy/Zig-Gltf-Display - A program that displays glTF files using Vulkan.
- tiehuis/zig-raytrace - Simple raytracer.
- donpdonp/zootdeck - Fediverse GTK Desktop Reader.
- olexij-christian/zgtk3 - GTK3 bindings.
- david-vanderson/gui - Immediate mode GUI for Zig.
- MasterQ32/ZigPaint - A simple paint application. Used to create an OpenGL loader/wrapper and a minimal UI system.
Parser
- Package managers
  - caolan/zig-netstring - Netstring parser.
  - naneros/ztoml - TOMLv1.0.0 parser and convert TOML to JSON.
  - darithorn/zig-toml - A TOML parser.
  - chwayne/rem - An HTML parsing library.
  - Himujjal/zig-json5 - JSON5 parser resembling the `std.json` APIs.
  - goto-bus-stop/ziguid - GUID parsing/stringifying.
  - 00JCIV00/cova - Commands, Options, Values, Arguments. A simple yet robust cross-platform command line argument parsing library.
  - Hejsil/zig-clap - Simple command line argument parsing library.
  - sam701/zig-cli - Package for building command line apps.
  - kivikakk/libpcre.zig - Bindings to libpcre for Perl-compatible regular expressions.
  - kivikakk/koino - CommonMark/GitHub Flavored Markdown parser and HTML renderer.
  - kubkon/zig-yaml - YAML parser.
  - sreehax/zig-ini - .ini parser.
  - Nulo/ini-parser - .ini parser.
  - tiehuis/zig-regex - A regex implementation.
  - tiehuis/zig-ryu - Port of [ryu](https://github.com/ulfjack/ryu).
  - Vexu/zuri - URI parser.
  - vi/zigmkv - Matroska/webm (mkv) parser.
  - winksaville/zig-parse-args - Parse command line arguments.
  - winksaville/zig-parse-number - Implement ParseNumber which can parse any TypeId.Int or TypeId.Float.
  - gernest/base32 - Base32 encoding/decoding.
  - Arwalk/zig-protobuf - Implementation of Protocol Buffers v3 leveraging Zig's comptime.
  - iddev5/inon - Data configuration file format.
  - InKryption/comath - Calculate math expressions in comptime.
  - weskoerber/kewpie - A simple query string parser.
  - darithorn/zig-toml - A TOML parser.
  - chwayne/rem - An HTML parsing library.
  - EzequielRamis/zimdjson - Parsing gigabytes of JSON per second. Zig port of simdjson with fundamental features.
C/C++ libraries packaged for Zig
- C
  - andrewrk/libsoundio - library for real-time audio input and output.
  - andrewrk/libz - Zlib data compression.
  - andrewrk/libgroove - streaming audio processing library.
  - kassane/openssl-zig - crypto, providers & ssl libraries only.
  - kassane/wolfssl - wolfssl library.
  - kassane/libbpf - BPF CO-RE (Compile Once – Run Everywhere).
  - kassane/winpthreads - PThread library for MinGW.
  - raysan5/raylib - A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming.
  - jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter - Creating Excel XLSX files.
  - alexrp/libffi - libffi with a Zig build script.
- C++
  - andrewrk/libchromaprint - library for generating audio fingerprints used by AcoustID.
  - kassane/asio - (non-boost) Networking I/O library (w/ event-loop, C++14/17/20).
  - kassane/fmt - Modern formatting library.
  - kassane/context - (boost-context) fiber library (C++14/17/20).
  - kassane/fiber - (boost-fiber) userland threads (C++14/17/20).
  - kassane/beast - (boost-beast) HTTP and WebSocket (C++14/17/20).
  - kassane/hana - (boost-hana) Meta-programming library (header-only, C++14/17/20).
  - kassane/intrusive - (boost-intrusive) intrusive containers (header-only, C++03/11/14).
  - kassane/unordered - (boost-unordered) hashmap and set concurrency containers (C++03/11/14).
  - kassane/catch2 - Unit testing library (C++14/17/20).
  - kassane/outcome - (non-boost) Error handler (C++14/17/20).
  - kassane/json - jsoncpp ported to Zig packaging.
  - kassane/Standalone-Server - Asio standalone C++ HTTP/S Server.
  - kassane/range-v3 - modern range library (C++14/17/20).
  - kassane/libzmq - ZeroMQ core engine in C++ library.
  - kassane/libsigcplusplus - Typesafe callback system for standard C++.
  - ggerganov/llama.cpp - Port of Facebook's LLaMA model in C/C++.
Other
- C++
  - All Your Codebase - Development status of Zig and its' ecosystem.
  - zig.pm - A community-maintained repository of Zig packages.
  - vegecode/svd2zig - Convert System View Description (svd) files to Zig headers for baremetal development.
  - hspak/geteltorito-zig - Geteltorito re-write in Zig.
  - momumi/x86-zig - Library for assembling x86.
  - nrdmn/ilo_license_key - ILO license key library.
  - mqttiotstuff/iotmonitor - MQTT IotMonitor tools, save time to monitor mqtt agents or devices.
  - ve-nt/outfieldr - [TLDR](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr) client.
  - kubkon/zig-ios-example - Minimal `build.zig` for targeting iOS.
  - ynuwenhof/zigbraten - Proof of concept internal cheat for Cube 2: Sauerbraten.
  - vbrusca/ZigSdlGameTemplate - SDL game project template.
Algorithms and data structures
- hexops/xorfilter - Xor Filters for checking if a key is part of a set.
- ziglibs/s2s - Binary serialization format and library.
- BarabasGitHub/LZig4 - LZ4 implementation.
- DutchGhost/ArrayVec - An array with a vector feeling.
- emekoi/deque.zig - A lock free chase-lev deque.
- kristoff-it/zig-cuckoofilter - Production-ready Cuckoo Filters for any C ABI compatible target.
- marijnfs/zigtimsort - TimSort implementation.
- Sahnvour/zig-containers - A container library.
- Srekel/zig-sparse-set - Sparse sets, supporting both SOA and AOS style.
- JakubSzark/zig-string - UTF-8 string data structure.
- karlseguin/cache.zig - Thread-safe, expiration-aware, LRU cache.
Bootables
- MasterQ32/RetrOS - A retro-style gaming console running on bare x86 metal.
- SamTebbs33/pluto - An x86 kernel.
- AndreaOrru/zen - Experimental operating system.
- andrewrk/clashos - Multiplayer arcade game for bare metal Raspberry Pi 3 B+.
- andrewrk/HellOS - "hello world" x86 kernel example.
- chivay/vmt - Toy OS.
- DorianXGH/Lukarnel - A microkernel with Rust microservices.
- iguessthislldo/georgios - Hobby Operating System.
- jzck/kernel-zig - Hobby x86 kernel.
- markfirmware/zig-bare-metal-microbit - Bare metal microbit program.
- markfirmware/zig-bare-metal-raspberry-pi - Bare metal raspberry pi program.
- nrdmn/uefi-examples - UEFI examples.
- nrdmn/uefi-paint - UEFI-bootable touch paint app.
- rafaelbreno/zig-os - A simple OS following Philipp Oppermann's posts "Writing an OS in Rust".
- sjdh02/trOS - Tiny aarch64 baremetal OS thingy.
- tralamazza/embedded_zig - Minimal embedded ARM example (STM32F103 blue pill).
- yvt/zig-armv8m-test - Example app for Armv8-M + TrustZone.
- ZeeBoppityZagZiggity/ZBZZ.OS - An operating system built for RISCV.
Database
- coilhq/tigerbeetle - A distributed financial accounting database designed for mission critical safety and performance.
- kristoff-it/redis-cuckoofilter - Hashing-function agnostic Cuckoo filters for Redis.
- kristoff-it/zig-okredis - Zero-allocation Client for Redis 6+.
- leroycep/sqlite-zig - SQLite bindings.
- vrischmann/zig-cassandra - Client for Cassandra 2.1+.
- vrischmann/zig-sqlite - SQLite wrapper.
- karlseguin/zuckdb.zig - DuckDB wrapper.
- karlseguin/pg.zig - Native PostgreSQL client.
Misc libraries
- mlarouche/zigimg - Zig library for reading and writing different image formats.
- natecraddock/ziglua - Bindings for the Lua C API.
- BraedonWooding/Lazy-Zig - Linq.
- DutchGhost/maybeuninit - MaybeUninit.
- emekoi/log.zig - A thread-safe logging library.
- kprotty/zap - A collection of libraries which provide interfaces over the system for writing high performance applications.
- vbrusca/ZigMatrixUtils - Matrix manipulation and utility library.
- ziglibs/known-folders - Provides access to well-known folders across several operating systems.
- SasLuca/zig-nanoid - Battle-tested, tiny, secure, URL-friendly, unique string ID generator. Now available in pure Zig.
- kassane/libvlc-zig - Bindings for libVLC media framework.
- karlseguin/log.zig - Structured logging library.
- dantecatalfamo/9p-zig - 9P2000 client/server library.
- karlseguin/singleflight.zig - Duplicate function call suppression.
- kassane/lean4-zig - Bindings for Lean 4 (theorem prover).
- attron/astroz - Astronomical and Spacecraft Toolkit.
- pblischak/zprob - Module for Random Number Distributions.
- bfactory-ai/zignal - Image processing library inspired by [dlib](http://dlib.net/).
- dbandstra/zig-pcx - PCX image format decoder and encoder.
- ryoppippi/zigcv - Bindings for OpenCV4.
Allocators and memory
- fengb/zee_alloc - Tiny allocator primarily targeting WebAssembly.
- mdsteele/ziegfried - A general-purpose memory allocator.
- suirad/Seal - An allocator that wraps another allocator and detects if memory is leaked after usage.
- Hejsil/zig-gc - A super simple mark-and-sweep garbage collector.
- dbandstra/zig-hunk - Basic "Hunk" memory allocator, based on the hunk system from id Software's Quake engine.
Audio
- Hejsil/zig-midi
- hazeycode/zig-alsa - Bindings for ALSA (libasound).
- dantecatalfamo/sndio-zig - Bindings for [sndio](https://sndio.org).
- orhun/linuxwave - Generate music from the entropy of Linux.
- dbandstra/zig-wav - Simple WAV file parser and writer.
Concurrency
- mitchellh/libxev - Cross-platform event-loop.
- kprotty/zefi - Fiber library.
- rsepassi/zigcoro - coroutine-friendly, based on libxev.
- iacore/minicoro-zig - Bindings for minicoro - Stackful Stack-Switching Coroutine.
Editor plugins
- MarioAriasC/zig-support - Language support for JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ, CLion and others)
- isaachier/ztags - Ctags implementation for Zig.
- Tetralux/sublime-zig - My own, more lightweight, syntax highlighting for Zig.
- ziglang/sublime-zig-language - Zig language support for Sublime Text.
- ziglang/vscode-zig - Zig language support for VSCode.
- ziglang/zig-mode - Zig mode for Emacs.
- ziglang/zig.vim - Vim configuration for Zig.
- zigtools/zls - Zig LSP implementation + Zig Language Server.
Games
- Akuli/curses-minesweeper - Minesweeper game written in curses.
- andrewrk/tetris - A simple tetris clone.
- fabioarnold/snake-zig - A simple snake clone.
- Stenodyon/blink - A game about building logic with lasers.
- thejoshwolfe/legend-of-swarkland - Hack-n-slash roguelike inspired by NetHack.
- tiehuis/zstack - Line-race tetris mode.
- kooparse/zalgebra - Linear algebra library for games and real-time computer graphics.
- floooh/pacman.zig - A Pacman clone.
- dantecatalfamo/OpenCSE - Free implementation of the Can't Stop Express dice game.
- dbandstra/oxid - Arcade-style game where you fight waves of monsters in a fixed-screen maze.
- six519/YieArKUNGFUZig - Yie Ar Kung-Fu clone with raylib.
Network
- - dantecatalfamo/zig-dns - Experimental DNS library implemented in zig.
  - euantorano/ip.zig - Library for working with IP Addresses.
  - lun-4/zigdig - Naive DNS client library.
  - marler8997/netpunch - Outbound proxy protocol.
  - remeh/statsd-zig - Basic DogStatsD UDP server.
  - MasterQ32/zig-network - Small network abstraction layer around TCP & UDP.
- HTTP
  - Luukdegram/apple_pie - HTTP 1.0/1.1 Server implementation.
  - truemedian/zfetch - HTTP(S) client based on iguanaTLS.
  - ducdetronquito/requestz - HTTP client based on h11.
  - ducdetronquito/h11 - I/O-free HTTP/1.1 implementation inspired by hyper/h11.
  - lun-4/ziget - Simple wget without libc.
  - Vexu/routez - HTTP server.~~
  - frmdstryr/zhp - Featureful HTTP server.
  - axgdev/telegram_echobot_zig - Telegram echo bot.
  - karlseguin/http.zig - HTTP/1.1 server.
  - zigzap/zap - blazingly fast, robust HTTP server.
- Messaging
  - skunkwerks/zamqp - AMQP client, based on rabbitmq-c.
  - nine-lives-later/zzmq - ZeroMQ library, based on CZMQ.
Web
- Messaging
  - andrewrk/lua-in-the-browser - Using Zig to build Lua for WebAssembly.
  - karlseguin/websocket.zig - A WebSocket implementation.
  - kivikakk/htmlentities.zig - HTML5 entity data.
  - meheleventyone/zig-wasm-test - A minimal WebAssembly example using Zig's build system.
  - shritesh/zig-wasm-dom - Zig + WebAssembly + JS + DOM.
  - shritesh/zigfmt-web - Zig fmt on the web.
  - zigwasm/wasm-zig - Common WASM runtime binding to C API.
  - zigwasm/wasmer-zig - Bindings for the Wasmer WebAssembly runtime.
  - zigwasm/wasmtime-zig - Bindings of Wasmtime.
  - batiati/mustache-zig - Mustache implementation.
  - floscodes/zerve - Simple framework for writing web services and web apps.
  - zon-dev/zinc - Zinc is a framework focusing on high performance, usability, security, and extensibility.
  - by-nir/aws-lambda-zig - Super-fast AWS Lambda runtime for Zig.
System tools
- Messaging
  - pbui-project/pbui-main - BSD/Linux core utilities written in Zig.
  - hspak/brightnessztl - A CLI to control device backlight.
  - thejoshwolfe/hexdump-zip - Produce an annotated hexdump of a zipfile.
  - kubkon/zacho - Zig's Mach-O parser.
  - weskoerber/mac_address - A cross-platform library to retrieve the MAC address from your network interfaces without libc.
Zig development tools
- Messaging
  - marler8997/zigup - Download and manage zig compilers.
  - korandoru/setup-zig - Set up a specific version of Zig environment on GitHub Actions.
  - weskoerber/zvm - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active Zig versions.
  - vezel-dev/zig-sdk - MSBuild SDK for building Zig, C, and C++ projects using the Zig compiler.
  - aherrmann/rules_zig - Bazel build rules for Zig.
- Package managers
  - zigtools/zpm - Unofficial Zig package manager.
  - mattnite/gyro - Package manager with an index, build runner, and build dependencies.
  - nektro/zigmod - Zig package manager.
  - cheetah/asdf-zig - Zig plugin for the ASDF package manager.
  - mattnite/ezpkg - Zig Package Manager Expansion Pack.
  - nix-community/zon2nix - Convert the dependencies in `build.zig.zon` to a Nix expression.
Learning resources
- Package managers
  - belse-de/zig-tut - A collection of small projects and tutorials to learn Zig.
  - zighelp/zighelp - Get up to speed with Zig quickly (ziglearn fork).
  - ziglings/exercises - Learn Zig by fixing tiny example programs.

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