zig VS rust

Compare zig vs rust and see what are their differences.

zig

General-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software. (by ziglang)

rust

Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. (by rust-lang)
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zig rust
816 2,681
30,295 92,831
4.1% 2.6%
10.0 10.0
7 days ago 2 days ago
Zig Rust
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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zig

Posts with mentions or reviews of zig. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-23.

rust

Posts with mentions or reviews of rust. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-07.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing zig and rust you can also consider the following projects:

Nim - Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language. It combines successful concepts from mature languages like Python, Ada and Modula. Its design focuses on efficiency, expressiveness, and elegance (in that order of priority).

carbon-lang - Carbon Language's main repository: documents, design, implementation, and related tools. (NOTE: Carbon Language is experimental; see README)

Odin - Odin Programming Language

v - Simple, fast, safe, compiled language for developing maintainable software. Compiles itself in <1s with zero library dependencies. Supports automatic C => V translation. https://vlang.io

go - The Go programming language

Elixir - Elixir is a dynamic, functional language for building scalable and maintainable applications

ssr-proxy-js - A Server-Side Rendering Proxy focused on customization and flexibility!

Rustup - The Rust toolchain installer

rust - Rust for the xtensa architecture. Built in targets for the ESP32 and ESP8266

rust-analyzer - A Rust compiler front-end for IDEs [Moved to: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer]