Top 8 Zig AI Projects

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1. zml

   1 7 3,581 8.5 Zig

   Any model. Any hardware. Zero compromise. Built with @ziglang / @openxla / MLIR / @bazelbuild

   

   Project mention: Zig – Type Resolution Redesign and Language Changes | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-10

   hi, i'm the founder of https://github.com/zml/zml, very happy with Zig

2. SaaSHub

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3. Z-Ant

   2 3 379 9.5 Zig

   Zant simplifies the deployment and optimization of neural networks on microprocessors

   

   Project mention: Zig Z-ant: run ML models on microcontrollers | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-09-21

4. Aule-Attention

   3 2 157 8.0 Zig

   High-performance FlashAttention-2 for AMD, Intel, and Apple GPUs. Drop-in replacement for PyTorch SDPA. Triton backend for ROCm (MI300X, RDNA3), Vulkan backend for consumer GPUs. No CUDA required.

   

   Project mention: Aule-Attention, FlashAttention That Works on AMD GPUs | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-11

5. Avalanche

   4 1 104 5.7 Zig

   UCI Chess Engine written in Zig. (by SnowballSH)

   

6. zigformer

   5 1 51 7.3 Zig

   An educational transformer-based LLM in pure Zig

   

   Project mention: Show HN: ZigFormer – An LLM implemented in pure Zig | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-11-27

   Hi everyone,

   I've made an early version of ZigFormer, a small LLM implemented in Zig with no dependencies on external ML frameworks like PyTorch or JAX. ZigFormer is modelled after a textbook LLM (like GPT-2 from OpenAI) and can be used as a Zig library as well as a standalone application to train a model and chat with it.

   This was mainly an educational project. I'm sharing it here in case others find it interesting or useful.

   Link to the project: https://github.com/CogitatorTech/zigformer

7. playpanda

   6 1 10 7.6 Zig

   Fetch any URL to clean, LLM-ready markdown. 3-tier engine: HTTP → Lightpanda → CloakBrowser.

   

   Project mention: Your AI agent can't fetch behind logins. I built a <400kb fix in Zig. | dev.to | 2026-03-28

   git clone https://github.com/ancs21/playpanda.git cd playpanda zig build -Doptimize=.ReleaseFast cp zig-out/bin/playpanda ~/.local/bin/

8. hf-hub-zig

   7 1 2 5.4 Zig

   Zig library and CLI for interacting with the HuggingFace Hub API, with a focus on GGUF model discovery, searching, viewing, and downloading.

   

   Project mention: Building AI Infrastructure for a Post-Framework World | dev.to | 2026-01-13

   Repository: hf-hub-zig

9. gomoku-zig

   8 1 0 - Zig

   Gomoku AI agent in Zig/WASM

   

   Project mention: Gomoku (5 in a Row) in Zig (Minimax with Alpha-Beta Pruning) Zig/WASM | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-09

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