gyro vs zig-window

gyro

A Zig package manager with an index, build runner, and build dependencies. (by mattnite)

Zig package-manager

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zig-window

window client library (by andrewrk)

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gyro		zig-window
	Project
7	Mentions	1
575	Stars	107
-	Growth	-
2.9	Activity	0.0
9 months ago	Latest Commit	over 2 years ago
Zig	Language	C++
MIT License	License	-

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gyro

Posts with mentions or reviews of gyro. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-19.

[Zig] Quelle est la bonne façon d'installer / utiliser la bibliothèque?
1 project | /r/enfrancais | 11 May 2023
Importing dependencies and its specific version
5 projects | /r/Zig | 19 Dec 2022

gyro
How's the current story with Zig in terms of dependancy management and build repeatability?
2 projects | /r/Zig | 30 Jul 2022

In the meantime, there are a few community-developed options - gyro is one of them
Zig programming language 0.9.0 released
5 projects | /r/programming | 21 Dec 2021

You can give gyro or zigmod a try.
What projects *didn't* you make in Rust?
19 projects | /r/rust | 4 Dec 2021

I'm not a Zig user, so the above is just my understanding/interpretation of the comment. FWIW a cursory googling for Zig package manager did confirm that there are several (e.g. gyro, zigmod) without an official one.
Gyro: A Zig Package Manager
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Mar 2021
Weaning Zig off of git submodules 1
1 project | dev.to | 10 Feb 2021

This is the first in a series of blog posts dedicated to package management for zig. The main purpose is to spark conversation within the community after starting my own package manager, gyro. I'm not advocating for it and it's design decisions to be incorporated into the official PM, merely using it to explore the solution space.

zig-window

Posts with mentions or reviews of zig-window. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2020-12-27.

cosmopolitan libc
3 projects | /r/C_Programming | 27 Dec 2020

This also reminded me of https://github.com/andrewrk/zig-window , though the ideas are quite different.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing gyro and zig-window you can also consider the following projects:

zigmod - 📦 A package manager for the Zig programming language.

cosmopolitan - build-once run-anywhere c library

zig - General-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.

river - [mirror] A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor

zig-spec

zigup - Download and manage zig compilers.

zls - A Zig language server supporting Zig developers with features like autocomplete and goto definition

kernel-zig - :floppy_disk: hobby x86 kernel zig

bun - Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager – all in one

reshell - ReShell is a web-based desktop & mobile user interface featuring individual "portals," or collections of apps, based on the PhantomCore library.

puzzles - collection of solutions for various programming puzzles