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The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
zigup
Posts with mentions or reviews of zigup.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-02.
- zigup: Download and manage zig compilers
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Blog Post: The Worst Zig Version Manager
Recently had some discussion around bootstrapping zig here: https://github.com/marler8997/zigup/issues/87
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Made a little tool to download & update zig nightly binaries for you
You might be interested in https://github.com/marler8997/zigup - which many people use.
- Do we need a toolchain multiplexer for Zig?
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How to install zig 0.11.0-dev on NixOS?
NixOS is my primary distro and I use zigup to help manage multiple compiler versions. https://github.com/marler8997/zigup
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Question about Zig developers' local setup
I've been using zigup for this purpose
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What would be the best way to keep my version of Zig up to date.
That said, others have made nice tools like zigup if you want to update easily and/or switch between versions often: https://github.com/marler8997/zigup
zigx
Posts with mentions or reviews of zigx.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-29.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing zigup and zigx you can also consider the following projects:
zls - A Zig language server supporting Zig developers with features like autocomplete and goto definition
kernel-zig - :floppy_disk: hobby x86 kernel zig
zig - General-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.
river - [mirror] A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor
gyro - A Zig package manager with an index, build runner, and build dependencies.
asdf-nodejs - Node.js plugin for asdf version manager
zig-utils - A collection of utility scripts and tools I use for zig development
zig-overlay - Nix flake for the Zig compiler.
night.zig - Simple tool that just install & update zig nightly.
Scoop - A command-line installer for Windows.