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Top 19 Zig CLI Projects
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Project mention: Show HN: Zli v3.7.0, with nice update (CLI framework) | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-06-10
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There seems to be quite a few of projects like this these days:
https://github.com/Scythe-Technology/zune
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Project mention: Show HN: Chilli – A lightweight microframework for CLIs in Zig | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-06
I've made an open-source microframework for creating command-line (CLI) applications in the Zig programming language.
It's called Chilli, and it currently provides the following features:
- A declarative API for defining nested commands, flags, and positional arguments.
- Type-safe parsing of arguments from the command line and environment variables.
- Automatic generation of formatted `--help` and `--version` output.
- Support for command aliases, persistent flags, and other common CLI patterns.
You can find the project on GitHub: https://github.com/habedi/chilli
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flint
A pipeline-oriented system language for robust CLI tools. Transpiles to C99. Built in Zig. (by the-flint-lang)
Project mention: Show HN: Flint – A compiled, pipeline-oriented language for CLI tooling | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-15 -
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playpanda
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 | 2026-03-28git clone https://github.com/ancs21/playpanda.git cd playpanda zig build -Doptimize=.ReleaseFast cp zig-out/bin/playpanda ~/.local/bin/
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Project mention: Show HN: ZCCInfo – Fast status line for Claude Code written in Zig | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-01-11
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Project mention: Show HN: Zdo – a CLI tool for tasks and todos using Markdown and Zig | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-18
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circ-compiler
A small language for building and simulating logic circuits - for people learning how computers work. In the spirit of Nand2Tetris and Petzold's Code.
Project mention: Circ, a DSL for digital circuits with self-rendering ASCII schematics | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-13 -
hf-hub-zig
Zig library and CLI for interacting with the HuggingFace Hub API, with a focus on GGUF model discovery, searching, viewing, and downloading.
Repository: hf-hub-zig
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Project mention: Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-08
NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Circ, a DSL for digital circuits with self-rendering ASCII schematics
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Show HN: Flint – A compiled, pipeline-oriented language for CLI tooling
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I Fixed Windows Native Development
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Show HN: Zli v3.7.0, with nice update (CLI framework)
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Show HN: Zli – A Batteries-Included CLI Framework for Zig
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TIL: Ghostty — a new and quite promising terminal emulator
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Is it too early to use Zig for CLI tooling ideas?
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Index
What are some of the best open-source CLI projects in Zig? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | zf | 603 |
| 2 | skhd.zig | 540 |
| 3 | zig-cli | 338 |
| 4 | zli | 321 |
| 5 | hys | 261 |
| 6 | yazap | 209 |
| 7 | zigcli | 131 |
| 8 | zune | 111 |
| 9 | chilli | 50 |
| 10 | flint | 32 |
| 11 | snek | 29 |
| 12 | playpanda | 10 |
| 13 | zccinfo | 6 |
| 14 | zdo | 6 |
| 15 | cmdtest | 6 |
| 16 | zigchat | 4 |
| 17 | circ-compiler | 3 |
| 18 | hf-hub-zig | 2 |
| 19 | ytcli | 1 |
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